I know he would like that. He always wanted you to follow his example.

[ One of the reasons, probably one of the biggest reasons, why he agreed to their sworn brotherhood.

But that is... all the more certainty for Xichen to know what he said is true. ]

Ever the best of us, he was a good man - and I think you can be, too. And you will not be alone on that path, either.

[ Xichen will not abandon him. Somehow. ]