...I don't know. There are things I understand and yet more I don't; I know I was the one initially chosen to be king, and yet so too do I know what my role became. I have no way of knowing if something changed, if Aera was lied to herself or if she and Somnus alike both chose to play into their gods-given roles and sacrifice me to do it.
[He shook his head, sinking against Ignis in exhausted resignation.]
I refused it, at first. The last thing I wanted was to be little more than a tool of the gods to do whatever they wished. I knew it wasn't fair by any stretch of the imagination, but as it turns out the Draconian didn't exactly need permission.
[Ardyn repressed a shudder, draining his own makeshift glass in the brief silence that followed.]
...I might estimate the Lucii's price on par with what he did to his disobedient chess piece. I can't imagine any other pain so far beyond human comprehension.
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[He shook his head, sinking against Ignis in exhausted resignation.]
I refused it, at first. The last thing I wanted was to be little more than a tool of the gods to do whatever they wished. I knew it wasn't fair by any stretch of the imagination, but as it turns out the Draconian didn't exactly need permission.
[Ardyn repressed a shudder, draining his own makeshift glass in the brief silence that followed.]
...I might estimate the Lucii's price on par with what he did to his disobedient chess piece. I can't imagine any other pain so far beyond human comprehension.