But his is not the only difficult situation between the two of them. He remembers Gu Yun's words that night as well. He glances over, dark blue eyes studying the man's face, calm and sympathetic in their assessment. A far cry from how he had looked that night, confused and angered as he was then.

"The same was true for you, wasn't it." A statement, not a question. "You seemed so convinced that you had died..."