[He might make eternal fun of Ardyn's choice of 'style', but damn if his expensive and eccentric taste doesn't feel good. Cozy.

Maybe it's a childish hope, a desperate need to cling to those he has left. He acknowledges Ardyn's need, even accepts it, if so very grudgingly. Maybe, if they can even cure it, fix it, then the man that will be left will really and truly go insane. Thousands of years in darkness. People slaughtered. Alone in just about every sense of the word. And if that's the case? If that's the case then they'll do what they must. Hell, he'll even pull the metaphorical trigger if he has to, just to stop the fucking suffering.

But if there's a chance he can come back, safe and sound of mind, then...then they have to try, right? They ought to. Church never could learn to let go that easily.]

Just solidifies that we'll have some decisions to make at the end of this. That--you'll have some. When we get there.

I know--I know you've already made them but maybe something will happen and circumstances will change and you'll have to actually think about it. I'm just saying.