[Of all the questions to ask, Yuan hadn't been expecting that one. He thinks back to what happened those years ago, remembering his reasoning without too much effort- Those events are still quite clear in his memory.]

Before you left to release Origin's Seal, you told me you were planning to die. You said we'd lived for too long, and I agreed. We truly have lived too long. Mithos was presumed dead at that point and the reunification of the worlds was up to Lloyd, who would become the new owner of the Eternal Sword the moment they succeeded in making a pact with Origin. What else was left for me to do? ... I couldn't sit back and do nothing while you got to redeem yourself. Either it would work, or we'd go down together, the last two remaining Seraphim of Cruxis.