I mean...technically? [He's dead. He had only gone alone because--well he knew it was a risk. Everything in Hell was. Part of him, in that decision, was trying to make up for the mistakes from before--from the time spent in the fog where he couldn't do a damn thing to protect Wylan.

If he could mitigate the risk by having it squarely focused on himself, that's what he's going to do.]

I'm fine...physically. It was--I showed them the mark. [Definitely dead.] Nothing happened, even when they touched it. [Maybe doubly dead?] They said I was "kissed by the one from below." And that whatever they were planning or waiting for would be happening soon.