[to be fair, the terrible place where something embarrassing happened isn't a monolith: he can be horribly embarrassed most anywhere regardless of realm; he makes it so easy. that won't be the lasting impression of anything unless he faceplants hard enough to leave a lasting impression somewhere on it!

that aside:] Mn. There's a few things I'd want to try and check on later, if there's a chance afterward... No sense picking anything up and risk it getting lost in the middle of what you're here to do.