He kneels down and starts to roll the snow into large balls, "I have been human for over 800 years..way more years then I was a god. So of course I want to help them. I've lived with them and they still deserve protection."

That is all Xie Lian wants. To be able to protect everyone..or at least as many people as he can. He knows that he doesn't have hte luck or fortune on his side to be able to help everyone but he hopes that he can at least make things not as unpleasant somehow.