[Oh boy. Well, he did start this topic. He needs to go through with it.]

Well, mostly with the help of others. Convinced some people that were...sort of helping him out to stop, and managed to find a guy just as powerful as him to take him down a peg or two.

It's...honestly kinda surprising, how much some help will do for a situation, you know?

[He's actually asking her that, a little lost in the thoughts of the past.]