[ because sometimes you like other people so much that it's easier to give up everything for them, including your own comfort. ]

With... Yona.

[ just supplying a name, but also trying to make sense of everything with what he knows. he appreciates hien telling him this, even though hien also went through his own ordeal today. he lays on the floor and pets the nearest cat. he remembers yona, growing up with her, but... hak was there too, huh?

it is a little overwhelming to hear all this, it's true but... logic applies. the person in his shard looks exactly the same as hak, so it... must be. there are so many places in his memory where hak would neatly fill the gap that he didn't know existed.

maybe it's because he's gotten as close to hien as he has, or because he's feeling so distant from it now that he's able to admit—]

I killed the last king to assume the throne. Yona's father.

[ . . . ]

That's the only thing that could make sense, I suppose.