Stone would be okay with dying again, really. He was ready for it when it happened. He's lived so much longer than anyone should have to, watched too many people he loved die of shitting old age while he kept living on. But this isn't too bad, either.

"I don't suppose you have any insight into stopping the world eater things, do you?" he asks, without much hope. "It seems like we should be making plans and trying things. Besides me just planning to diving on their heads or something." Which he will certainly try if it becomes necessary.