I can't...understand you. [He didn't pull his hand away, answering in what may have been the most sincere voice that 'Ardyn Izunia' had ever used.] Why you're still here, still trying. I keep telling all of you what a lost cause it is because eventually I'm sure you will all take a hint and get it over with. Forsake the healer and turn your back on whatever is left. But you and Junpei, you cling to a careless joke I made as though it were the word of Bahamut himself.

[You feel like you're losing ground, but those around you are a powerful influence.']

Why do you--why do so many of you care so much about someone I should never have been again? Why won't you just turn on me and get it over with?