[Xie Lian studies him, this is a genuinely alien idea, but he doesn't believe in just dismissing such things. Well, not when it matters to someone.]

For that reason, I'm not disconnected to dying in the moment. If there are people there who would be effected. But once it's in the past... It's like shattering the bones in your legs. Once it's healed, what use is it to anyone except as an explanation to why you couldn't show up to the marathon?

Otherwise, it's just lingering on past pain, when the present is much more pleasant.