#but it doesn't sound convincing with them having just gone “wow that's terrible dw we'll figure out how to fix it together”

[lunammoon]

I've given Ezra and Emmrich a very facinating dynamic that can best be summed up by "In hindsight Ezra never ending up in that man's class was an act of the Maker because if they had no one would have learned anything outside of whatever these two were having a 'polite discussion about'".

The two agree on a lot of things (objective things where disagreeing on them would be akin to disagreeing on germ theory) but they disagree on a handful of subjective purely opinion based things. (These conversations facinate Bellara and make Taash hesitate to go out with both of them at the same time).

Anyway, my point to this is that when Emmrich tells Ezra about his plans to become a Lich in the Memorial Garden, Ezra HUGELY misinterpret what he says based on the fact that they think that being stuck on this side of the fade for eternity and your bones never getting the chance to be a host for anyone but yours and their brain goes to a series of incorrect conclusions and goes:

The Lich Lords claim to protect the Fade and the Necropolis, and yet I've heard NOTHING from them either with this whole thing or with the War of Banners. They're probably shady.

Emmrich's corspe whispering is very rare

Emmrich is afraid of death and the shady lich lords probally took advantage of that.

Emmrich is surely smart enough to know that this is a bad idea, but he still talks about doing it.

Conclusion: The Lich Lords took advantage of Emmrich when he was younger, made him swear to Lichhood, and he's having second thoughts but doesn't know how to get out of it.

Addendum: Would Tie Breaking cause the Lich Lords to reach out to Ezra and how do they keep them from bothering them.

This leads to Ezra's response to Emmrich being something to the effect of "Oh no! That's fucked up! I'm sure there's some way to get them off your back. When did they come to you. How do I help?" Before realizing they completely misread the situation and Emmrich reached out to them and he actually WANTS to become a Lich on Purpose even.