[ Xingchen's Master is a kind, good woman with a great deal of wisdom. There's much that Runyu could learn from her, and Xingchen by extension.

A bitter twist curls his lips at the question. ]

When I tried, I would be punished. So I learned to lock my desires away, until I met someone who'd been promised to me a long time ago. I fell in love with her, but she did not feel the same. Instead, she loved my younger brother. I went mad, and craved power just to make her marry me. I got the power I wanted...and she died, trying to stop my brother and I from killing each other.

[ Shame and grief bows his head and shoulders and the Dream Beast presses sadly close. ]