[Blade is quiet for a moment, too. He lets Dan Heng bury his face in his hair. Honestly, Blade could use a shower, and some toothpaste, but right now he's content to just be with someone else. He spent so much time as a prisoner in his own head.]

... He saw my memories. He knows you were imprisoned. But the truth is, you've been free for a long time.

The moment your past self stepped off the Luofu, you broke your chains. You fought not only me, but many other people to prove that you wouldn't be chained again.

It's the same now. The only difference is that in this life, you broke my chains, too.