Saying You're better off without me or It's too late for me to apologize seemed too self involved--given, Tony was a master of that, but he didn't need to speak for the man. The pragmatic side of him insisted that distance was for the best, that Thor seemed decent enough without him. Neither of them needed tears for what was apparently the inevitable and least of all did Tony need the final death knell for his dignity. He sucked all of it in.

"That's all I needed you to know." His rubbed the side of his mouth, though there was nothing to clean. "There's no good way for me to end it like this, but..."