"I'm sorry, Vance. You know this is the last thing I wanna do to you. But you're not gonna to talk me out of this. This isn't some big cry for help or something. I don't want to die. This is me saying goodbye."

So maybe they can have more closure than if he ran off and just did it without a word.

"I have a box of letters for a lot of people under my bed, for my family, and for both teams." The New Warriors and the Legionnaires. "And for Nita. There's few for some folks up in space back home if you ever cross paths, too. Like Gamora and Starlord."

You never knew. It's a big universe, sure, but sometimes it feels like a small one.

"'Just in case' stuff. I figured in our line of work, it was a good idea to have some goodbyes ready -- especially since I thought I'd died the first time."