You should, just to see him when he thinks you slipped again.
[He reached over and put a hand on Junpei's head, half trying to get him off-balance and half making his hair even more of a disaster than it had already turned into.]
[It was hard even now to pin down who he was and who he'd become over the past weeks. He thought himself one person, then fell hard and fast into something horrific, and now he was left trying to balance the emotions of a human with the weight of a monster living in his shadow, and struggling to exist for just a little longer without it reaching from the darkness to throttle whatever was left.]
[Whoever he was, whatever he'd done--for now, hopefully just being 'Ardyn' would be enough for a little bit longer.]
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[He reached over and put a hand on Junpei's head, half trying to get him off-balance and half making his hair even more of a disaster than it had already turned into.]
[It was hard even now to pin down who he was and who he'd become over the past weeks.
He thought himself one person, then fell hard and fast into something horrific, and now he was left trying to balance the emotions of a human with the weight of a monster living in his shadow, and struggling to exist for just a little longer without it reaching from the darkness to throttle whatever was left.]
[Whoever he was, whatever he'd done--for now, hopefully just being 'Ardyn' would be enough for a little bit longer.]
Can you imagine the look on his face?