[He wasn't surprised that Ren picked up on it anyway, he caught himself too late but. He pulled his hand from the covers, reaching up to rub his face. He hefted a sigh and decided to push himself up to a seated position.]

No. Not temporary.

[He looked down at his hands, the cloth having slide off his head. He held the damp cloth so as to not let it soak into the bedspread.]

Unlike Yu's Izanami or your Yaldabaoth... Nyx was a being that was unbeatable, but she was also neither good or evil. Her arrival was because of humanity's collective unconscious desire for death. She was simply responding to humanity's wishes. How does one beat the unbeatable?

[He offered a small, kind smile, even if it didn't quite meet his eyes.]

Hint: You can't shoot it in the face. [He shook his head.] I was given a choice. I knew the consequences. I found my Answer and thus was granted exactly one miracle by the power of the Universe itself. I used that miracle to become a seal, if you can't beat the unbeatable, then you simply make sure She can't hear humanity's desire.

[This time, his smile did reach his eyes as it widened.]

It was my life or theirs. I'd do it again. Every time.