Seeing the look he'd have would be a privilege. Such an unceremonious death would be a stain upon what sorry "honor" he possessed as a Mage.

[He's not saying no to the levity. The fact that it's coming at Kayneth's expense was more of a help than either of them really knew.]

But fitting for the sort of man he was. [Which was to say, weak. Not as a Mage, but as a person.]