[This was not exactly the stress test of human emotions he wanted or planned for, and yet here it was. That was actually an excellent question, and Ardyn wasn't sure he even had an answer for it.]
[He opened his mouth to answer. Closed it when nothing came out--the career politician and former master manipulator, left entirely speechless. He'd never given a single thought to why from the beginning, and it was only now that he actually realized it.]
...I want to answer your question with one of my own, before anything else.
[Was it stalling for time? Probably. But it was also something else.]
Why did you take that so seriously? When I joked about my Kingsglaive and called you my Shield. What made you commit to fighting so hard for someone who only pushed most of you away?
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[This was not exactly the stress test of human emotions he wanted or planned for, and yet here it was. That was actually an excellent question, and Ardyn wasn't sure he even had an answer for it.]
[He opened his mouth to answer. Closed it when nothing came out--the career politician and former master manipulator, left entirely speechless. He'd never given a single thought to why from the beginning, and it was only now that he actually realized it.]
...I want to answer your question with one of my own, before anything else.
[Was it stalling for time? Probably. But it was also something else.]
Why did you take that so seriously? When I joked about my Kingsglaive and called you my Shield. What made you commit to fighting so hard for someone who only pushed most of you away?