MK pulled his hand back. Creeping self-doubt and that guilt bubbled inside him again. Just like before. Before Macaque's lesson with that stupid game. Playing dumb helped keep it away but right now that wasn't an option. He knew he did his best. He tried to do the right thing but he kept making mistakes. Yes, he could make up for them. He did but Red Son didn't know. Not everything.

"I opened it and...Monkey King got sucked in. I...got almost everyone sucked in. Except me and Mei. ...Azure tricked us to go in to destroy the curse. And it let him use the scroll in the first place. So he could let out Peng and Yellow Tusk. And so he could trap your parents. It was my fault. So...that's why I'm saying sorry."