But please...if I am executed, will you look after Xiao Mei for me? I cannot entrust her to anyone else, and I will not allow them to harm her as well.
[He can't actually bring himself to answer that. He buries his face in his hands. Not weeping, but an expression of disoriented frustration. But he does nod, ever so slightly.]
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[He clutches at his arm, which is trembling in his grip.]
You do not understand. I cannot.
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But please...if I am executed, will you look after Xiao Mei for me? I cannot entrust her to anyone else, and I will not allow them to harm her as well.
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