"Do you need a reason to kill someone?"
"Don't you?"
"Do you?"
"Don't you?!"
Seeing that Xerath really wanted a reason, Ximen Lang pointed at the corpses Xerath had already slaughtered and asked a question that struck at the soul.
"What about them? When you killed them, did you give them a reason?"
"I did that for..."
"For me?"
Pointing at himself, Ximen Lang shook his head.
"I don't need that."
Seeing the unconvinced look on Xerath's face and realizing that his questioning had completely missed its mark, Ximen Lang dropped another bombshell.
"And what about your own kin who died horribly beneath your blade? Your clansmen, your people! How innocent were they? Just because you wanted to present a pledge of allegiance that they didn't even care about, they all died horribly beneath your blade for such a ridiculous reason. Did you ever give them a reason?"
Still feeling that it wasn't enough, Ximen Lang continued.
"I heard from Azir that over the past million years, even all the innocent civilians killed by every other civilization combined don't amount to as many as the civilians slaughtered by your rebel army!"
"Honestly, even if you had wiped out Azir and truly brought Shurima under your rule, I might have thought highly of you. But what happened? You couldn't beat Azir, so you took your anger out on civilians."
"You're really something!"
Those few words sent Xerath's blood pressure soaring, and his eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets. Ximen Lang, however, didn't care in the slightest and continued speaking to himself.
"And what about all these members of your own race whom you abducted? Have you ever cared whether they lived or died? Do you know what kind of lives they led under you?"
"They're your own kin, your own