[Video; UN: gentlebreeze]

[gentledawn]

[He too heard the broadcast and he has questions he can't stifle:]

Please, if it wouldn't be too much trouble, could someone give me guidance on what is expected of us? Releasing my...my regrets...

I'm not sure I...can.

[Just like that. In a blink. How can anyone? He closes his eyes, expression pained.]

As for being here before... Do you think that is true?

[His head aches and he rubs at his temple.]

Our lives are complicated enough, I think, without time misbehaving.

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[diabolique]

Uncle... you've heard of me, right? Yiling Laozu?

[gentledawn]

That doesn't mean you are responsible for every mistake.

[diabolique]

I am responsible for Jin Zixuan's death.

[gentledawn]

Did you kill him yourself?

[diabolique]

I lost control and he died because of it.

[gentledawn]

It wasn't intentional. I'm sorry, nephew. That is a heavy burden to bear.

[diabolique]

I had so much anger toward him...

[gentledawn]

You worried for your sister. You never intended for him to die.

[diabolique]

I think... maybe I did.

[gentledawn]

Because he angered you?

[diabolique]

He treated her badly for a long time. If it wasn't for Madam Jin's intervention, they would never have married.

[gentledawn]

He was abusive? [This is...complicated.] I would be angry too.

How was he killed?

[diabolique]

He was cruel to her despite knowing her feelings for him. He changed but... I still held it against him.

I lost control of the Ghost General and Jin Zixuan was killed.

[gentledawn]

You lost control, nephew. You did not order the Ghost General to murder him. There is a difference.

[diabolique]

He acted on my emotions.

[gentledawn]

Emotions you struggled with; emotions that anyone would have. You couldn't have known what he would do.

[diabolique]

I didn't mean for it to happen.

[gentledawn]

I know. You are filled with regret. Those are not the feelings of someone who is dangerous.

[diabolique]

I was very dangerous, Uncle.

[gentledawn]

Are you dangerous now?

[diabolique]

It's possible.

[gentledawn]

It's possible I could be dangerous too.

[diabolique]

It's not the same, Uncle.

[gentledawn]

It's about our choices, Nephew.

[diabolique]

And you know the choices I made.