Well that confirms that Kuai had definitely been thinking about Hanzo. That's oddly embarrassing. He didn't mind others seeing his death, but he had failed to consider the emotional aspect of it, that they would feel what he felt.

Too late now.

His voice softens as he replies, "As am I." He almost leaves it there, feeling odd saying any of this outloud. But eventually he continues, "We were enemies at the time that Kronika pulled him from. I also initially thought he was the one who had killed Grandmaster Hasashi, so I attacked him. And he has no reason to trust me."

Fighting alongside a stranger that you've known for decades was a distressing experience.