[His heart is racing because... One of them came back. One of his precious loved ones...his family...returned to him. Zishu inhales shakily and holds Kexing tight, so amazed that he is unaware of the tears in his eyes. Or how they spill down his cheeks and dampen his lover's robes.]
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I can't say...if you had stayed...
I don't know. You might have died too.