"But A'Wu had a hard time recognizing what he could do, and what he simply could not do no matter what."
Huo An Ran spoke...
"He did not realize that if no one was there to guide him, he would gradually become more and more paranoid, until he ended up on a path even he did not understand."
Huo An Ran took Fu Hua's hand. "If he went and did the things you did, he might not even choose to let others bear those burdens."
"He... would teach those people how to fight, how to resist the disasters you spoke of, but that would not be because he intended to make others shoulder those things."
"More than anything, he wanted the people he cherished to be able to protect themselves as much as possible, even when he was not there."
Holding Fu Hua's hand as if she wanted to pull her closer, Huo An Ran said, "A'Wu's emotions could shift to extremes. Too many things could stir them up, but most of the time, A'Wu had always been enduring them."
"...There were many matters in Shenzhou."
As if she wanted to argue on Xu Yanwu's behalf, Fu Hua said to Huo An Ran, "Even if someone had all the time and energy in the world, they might still not be able to protect all of Shenzhou alone."
"Whether he could do it or not, and whether he would do it or not, were not important things to A'Wu."
Huo An Ran argued back, "There were some things he absolutely had no option of giving up on."
"If it was the Xu Yanwu I knew, the one I met at St. Freya... he absolutely would not become what you described!"
Fu Hua said it directly.
In the end, both Fu Hua