[ He feels a warm surge of compassion for Xie Lian at that reply. How familiar—how very familiar this all is indeed. It almost makes him afraid of going outside now because of what it might reveal to him, after knowing all this.

And yet…at least one of them has to move on today. ]

I am sorry. I won’t press you any further. Indeed, this world seems a bitter enough memory when taken in such a light.