[Smoke couldn't perceive much of Huo's thoughts save the fact that he was obviously still interested in what Smoke knew, or at least believed enough that it resolved itself as his own personal truth. That much he was happy about.]

Even if you could blow up the world back then, in your past life, if you've decided to be a pacifist here - does it matter in the end? Here, we don't know the difference between a pacifist with the power of hellfire and a pacifist with no powers at all.