You would have wanted this...?

[-well, he knows wei wuxian. knows how he can be. so it's not very surprising that he'd put himself on the line like that if he had the choice, too, just to spare others this sort of work. to make sure they don't have to suffer over it.

but he doesn't want this to hurt wei wuxian, either. he looks slightly conflicted.]

I... understand. I feel the same way about the executions-- if it could just be me every time, then...