[That almost got him to laugh--it would have, any other time. Right now all Junpei succeeded in doing was making Ardyn look a little less angry.]
He stopped answering me not long before I was cast out; before the ring ceased to work for me. How dare he even think of showing his face where I could see him after--
[...Which was actually an astounding thing, considering he was starting to feel much worse the more he thought about it.]
...Church said something to me a few weeks ago, and I worry he may have been right.
Junpei I...don't think Bahamut ever meant for me to save anything. I think he needed what I became--so his real Chosen King could kill me and destroy the Starscourge. So he could come in and play the benevolent hero at the last second, so he...so he could...
[Ardyn's voice broke, hand pressed to his head. You and your Crystal, you and your Crystal, you and your Crystal--]
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He stopped answering me not long before I was cast out; before the ring ceased to work for me. How dare he even think of showing his face where I could see him after--
[...Which was actually an astounding thing, considering he was starting to feel much worse the more he thought about it.]
...Church said something to me a few weeks ago, and I worry he may have been right.
Junpei I...don't think Bahamut ever meant for me to save anything. I think he needed what I became--so his real Chosen King could kill me and destroy the Starscourge. So he could come in and play the benevolent hero at the last second, so he...so he could...
[Ardyn's voice broke, hand pressed to his head. You and your Crystal, you and your Crystal, you and your Crystal--]