[ Midnight is being gracious, because he probably can't do any less. In the face of another person and after so many years, there isn't much that can be said to undo the wrong he might feel was done. If he could say anything before, he can't now because they are trapped in a faraway city, and after so many years, perhaps there wasn't anything left to say.
Lan Xichen knows about that too well. All of the things he wished he understood or had the answers to regarding his own parents carry too many scars to want to pursue, and both of them are long gone. Still, what remains remains, and he squeezes Midnight's arm under his grip. ]
Do you regret having to go? I feel I have done something cruel to you, and I should not have returned that.
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Lan Xichen knows about that too well. All of the things he wished he understood or had the answers to regarding his own parents carry too many scars to want to pursue, and both of them are long gone. Still, what remains remains, and he squeezes Midnight's arm under his grip. ]
Do you regret having to go? I feel I have done something cruel to you, and I should not have returned that.