[ She looks a little taken aback. It's one thing for her to have shut Ruu out of her heart like she did, as an ill thought out defense mechanism. But she can't imagine what it would be like to have lived as long as Ardyn has and to cast her mind back and realize something like that had simply been lost to time.

It makes her feel a little ill, if she's honest. ]

He... he was in your profile, right? Your brother.

[ Dislikes: His brother, betrayal, abandonment

It paints one hell of a picture. ]

What happened? ...if you don't want to answer, then... you can just pretend I never asked.