[The memories those words evoke weren't entirely happy ones but time and distance and above all experience had dulled their edges. He was no longer the youth he had been, barely about to help the person he wanted to support the most.

Which is why he's able to smile, lowering the blindfold so it brushed against Gu Yun's skin, trailing as he lifted it higher to touch it to Gu Yun's face, covering the beauty mark at the corner of his eye.]

I know my general is very capable, of course.

[He shofts his weight so he could use both hands to hold the ends of the blindfold, reaching behind Gu Yun in something almost like an embrace as he ties the blindfold.]

Which is all the more reason for me to bbegrateful for your indulgence and favour.