"It could have been much worse, believe it or not," Mortimer snorts, agreeing with the sarcastic sentiment.

That question makes Death pause for a long, long moment. "I hadn't put much thought into it, though I suppose their mark would disappear as well. I cannot be sure there, as I intend to keep everyone alive, Traveler and Arcanum both. But no, none of the four had marked anyone before they passed on... were no more... ceased to be... expired, and so on." He smiles a bit at his joke, if only because this subject would be particularly painful otherwise. "We were still only in Phase One, then."