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"I would not be in this pain had I not challenged your position, please accept my sincerest apologies-"
His forehead was touching the ground in utter servitude but it was the veracity of his voice that called out to Hao Xuan. This was perhaps the first time since stepping into the sanctum that he had come across someone who meant what he said without any ulterior motives.
"You have nothing to apologize for," Hao Xuan quickly added, "I understand better than most how one can lose oneself in a moment of anger," he threw a nasty side-eye to the Old Witch.
She antagonized him from the moment she opened her mouth so he was hardly to blame. Hao Xuan was ready to move on but in another surprising development, the ape took a stand against the old witch's presence despite the recent revelation.
"-But I cannot allow this abomination to darken my doors in good conscience. This creature, I don't know what she has told you but she can never be trusted!"