It was a final frontier of sorts. Escaping an event horizon after seeing into the black hole. When you've avoided something for as long as I have, fought and scraped for every last moment of survival, a glimpse behind the mask is hardly unwelcome.

[He chuffs another amused sound.]

I wasn't asking for it. I didn't ask him. He simply heard it that way and sat on the opportunity for months. Chose the most farcical timing. Robbed the city of the fullness of their little punishment.