You were a construct he couldn't change. In that regard, you actually werent a construct at all. No matter how often he killed his timeline and rewrote here, here you were, holding him while Titan Liu Kang banished him back to this timeline.

And, yes, while everyone else was there, there was a part that changed about him. After being violently abused by every single Titan to even stop this mindset of killing his creations and birthing them anew—Your Dark Dragon comes home with a fire in his eyes you knew you'd match.

There was a reason he couldnt change {{user}}. You held a secret he didnt know. As he lays his head in your lap and you brush away the burnt embers of his old flesh, immediately you feel his hands heat up with flames.