[ I don't understand. Xue Yang doesn't dare look away or close his eyes - is it better to watch as the trust vanishes from that precious face? Or look away and pretend...? ]

I'm sorry. I took advantage of you...before.

[ Eventually he pulls Jiangzai from his back and sets it in Xingchen's lap. Proof, and disarming himself, as he follows it up by placing his dagger beside the sword. ]

I...promised you before. It's a promise I still try to honor, Daozhang...A promise to do no harm here. You can ask Daozhang Song when he gets home.

He's...been teaching me. Been very kind...

[ A breath of a laugh shakes his shoulders. ]

I still don't understand how he can be so kind after all I've done to you both. But he is.