It's possible that they were ruined, we'll find out.

[ Honestly, there was no telling if they were ruined or not. They'd have to find them first. ]

Is that what turned my A-Xie into a merman and made him forget me?

[ It had also made Xie forget that there were topics not meant to be talked about too, but Kexing was trying to ignore that. Ignore the words that still floated in his mind. "You want part of you to die." As well as "You keep him chained, don't you. I wouldn't." Those were words that could be left on distant shores. ]