[The Balladeer's attempt at cheer drains away. He doesn't want to upset his friends, but that's...inevitable.]

Oh, the doors. I didn't think about those.

[It had been a little low on his priority list, given everything, but in retrospect it makes sense that his creations would stop functioning with him gone. Hopefully that wasn't too big an issue for anyone.

The Balladeer sighs and glances past Billy towards the rest of the group. He's not sure how he feels about the possibility of them overhearing; they don't all know exactly how he ended up here. That he'd come on his own terms, and failed them before he ever even met them. But...well, Billy deserves the story.]

I could tell it was about to happen. Not the whole time, I didn't have much warning. It was just...a sudden feeling I got, like a new one was just about to start. I don't know why that happened this time, and not the last...

[He doesn't need to tell Billy that he feels bad for not having known about the second game at all until after it had already happened. Billy knows.]

I went to try and stop it, and I...didn't. I'm sorry I didn't tell anyone before I left. It just...happened fast.