The thought of that makes his head spin, but that is actually something that would explain the opportunities to change things.

It also gives him hope that somewhere out there, there is a world where his brother's back is not scarred and Nie Mingjue still lives. That perhaps there, the dear friend he'd fatally wounded the night before his arrival had not turned to deception and murder.

The possibilities are endless. "That is... a lot of worlds indeed," he says softly, still not fully grasping the limitlessness of it. "I hope there are many versions out there where the versions of ourselves are not compelled to make a deal like we have."