[ as he settles down across from him, the selfish question - if you could call it that - catches his attention, and xie lian's expression immediately softens into a gentle smile. ]

...No, he didn't. [ and it's good to be able to deliver that kind of news, to this person's waiting face, to his nervous shifting. ] While he was caught having committed a killing in self defense [ If Only You Knew Xie Lian ] -- he was saved from the execution, so Emet-Selch survived to the end.