Xichen's eyes turn down, and stay down. It takes him a long, long moment before he speaks, and there is no anger, only sadness as what he lets through of his pain.
"He did, I think. But it was not us whom he wanted. He used what I gifted him to kill our eldest brother. It... it is what it is."
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"He did, I think. But it was not us whom he wanted. He used what I gifted him to kill our eldest brother. It... it is what it is."
No hatred, either.
But, perhaps, a touch of despair.