[He's silent for a good while, because how is he even supposed to respond to something like that? He didn't ask for this spirit's life story, though it is an awfully interesting anecdote. There are two sides to every story, of course, but he can see now why Wan Shi Tong feels the way he does.]

Hmph. I take it this hypothetical situation has a root in personal experience as well. It is not my place to apologize for what has occured, yet I will offer my sympathies. I fail to see why anyone would need to lose their life in this place, even more so when it is returned fairly quickly.

To answer the question... No, I suppose I would not. Though it sounds to me as if very little attempt at exerting justice was made in the first place. If so, that is all the more reason to find the root of the problem and slice it clean through. We must learn from our mistakes, not repeat them.