The ghosts could do nothing worse then letting me see my father be free and then to find out he was not. If it had simply been what the Lady Bone Demon was saying, I could have dealt with it, but after that...it would have likely had severe impact on my mind. Survivable, more than likely, but it would have been bad. Honestly, I probably would have turned into a statue as I hyperfocused on simply trying to get home instead of getting touch.

What you were presented with...to be trapped with your very worst memories in such a way is a hellish punishment. I know that. That is the fate I want to save my parents from.

It is the fate this place prevented me from suffering.

[He takes off his sunglasses and he opens an eye and puts them in front of her own eyes. And while its not dramatic, the view through the lenses is somewhat blurry. They're prescription. For a being whose body shouldn't be able to degrade.]

After our display earlier, any ghosts willing to bother us would be able to survive the normal flames.

Nothing survives the Samadhi Fire, even if its only the starting of the power it truly holds. I knew attempting to summon them could cost me something. Nothing too grievous, but it was still potentially something that lasted.

I did not want to suffer their torment anymore.

And I did not want you to suffer that torment.

And I was willing to risk it.

Selfishness. Selflessness. For me, and for you.

It was wanting to protect the Dragon Girl, that I first summoned any purple flames since the True Fire of Samadhi was removed. I knew I could do it again as long as I had the right mindset.