[He takes a long deep breath, and feels something like acceptance for all that's happened for the first time.]

I did hear you. And finally I am hearing correctly. I should have listened to you before, those many, many times you brought your worries about Da-ge to me.

[It's frightening how calm he feels now as he has clarity, now that he knows for certain Nie Mingjue's death was a last-minute desperate scheme, and not part of some grander, sinister design.]

I did not want to accept how the sabre spirit had changed him, and I did not want to accept that it was killing him... I had hoped there would be some other solution. But because of that, he could have killed you. He could have killed Huaisang. And I stood by and made his excuses. Da-ge's death should never have fallen to you.