[Wow. Here he had thought he had learned a fair amount about Kuai's history and the sort of battles he'd had to fight, but then he goes and throws this into the mix. What a strange and terrible world to live in, and what a hard time those people must be having with a leader like him gone.]

That must have been horrifying. I know for a while you said you weren't even aware, but... to come out of that and realize what had happened.