You are not wretched until the acts are committed. I saw you break down ... I saw him, in Guanyin Temple, how mad he had been driven by it all.

I understand a little of it.

[ His fingertips ghost around Jin Guangyao's jaw. Is it easier to speak to him because he doesn't wear the face Xichen recognises? Maybe. ]

All those misdeeds pushed my love further away from you, one after another. You can never behave that way again, a-Yao. I say this on behalf of my other self.