Didn't turn out as simple as it looked? Well, that happens.

[A pause.]

All the same... what would you say to doing me a favour and keeping an eye out for that other tattoo I showed you? I hear you're a cop. Could be in your best interests anyway. They're nothing but trouble, whether they look like it or not.

[The fact that they're dead doesn't mean a thing here - spending time as his younger self brought that home, if nothing else. Yeah, definitely nothing else.]