If you were going to buy something priced at ten thousand dollars, and you started haggling by offering a hundred dollars instead, then the seller agrees to the deal,
what would you think? Would you worry that you've been duped?
Mike Donald's situation was similar, his agreement came too readily, which made Yang Yi feel that something might be amiss.
Now it was settled. Though he was described as young and inexperienced, and though there were complications, Yang Yi was still very pleased because he understood why Mike Donald was willing to come out of retirement.
Loneliness.
All sages have felt the pangs of solitude through the ages.
But Mike Donald couldn't endure the loneliness. He couldn't remain a revered legend worshiped at altars yet cut off from the world; he yearned to return to the chaos of the world he once knew.
The rest?
The rest didn't matter anymore.
Consequences?
The consequences didn't matter either.
After I'm dead, why should I worry about a deluge?
