[ That isn't the type of question Five was expecting to come out of him, and since they're afforded the time, he contemplates it while the foolishness and debauchery continues inside. He can't say he's witnessed as much of society as Lan Wangji, but he's seen enough while he was with the Commission. ]

It could be pride. Could be fear. It could be they've never experienced an apocalypse firsthand.

[ Even if he's made a genuine effort not to solve every problem with murder, he could kill every one of them that pulls for an apocalypse to cleanse the world. ]

For forty-five years I owned everything. It's not all it's cracked up to be.