[Ardyn spoke evenly, leveling Junpei with a very calm look in bright yellow eyes.]
It is true that I have sacrificed what others may take for granted. The family which Izunia holds dear is something out of my reach, and the Oracle's relative safety in communing with the gods is a life foreign to me as well.
I spend my life traveling with the Shield of the King with both of us risking our lives on a road full of monsters, for the hope that perhaps I can save the afflicted and forestall the night before it should engulf the planet for all of eternity. If I fail, it is not merely Lucis at stake--all of Eos may well be finished.
The risks are obvious. Blind optimism will do me no favors. But I am the King of Light who has been chosen to save everyone. The time I could use to complain about whether or not the Crystal's choice was the right one is time I could use to be saving the people of my world and gathering the power to erase the Infernian's scourge from the planet.
I suppose you could say 'I have no choice', but even if I were to be given an option, this path is the one I would walk all the same.
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[Ardyn spoke evenly, leveling Junpei with a very calm look in bright yellow eyes.]
It is true that I have sacrificed what others may take for granted. The family which Izunia holds dear is something out of my reach, and the Oracle's relative safety in communing with the gods is a life foreign to me as well.
I spend my life traveling with the Shield of the King with both of us risking our lives on a road full of monsters, for the hope that perhaps I can save the afflicted and forestall the night before it should engulf the planet for all of eternity. If I fail, it is not merely Lucis at stake--all of Eos may well be finished.
The risks are obvious. Blind optimism will do me no favors. But I am the King of Light who has been chosen to save everyone. The time I could use to complain about whether or not the Crystal's choice was the right one is time I could use to be saving the people of my world and gathering the power to erase the Infernian's scourge from the planet.
I suppose you could say 'I have no choice', but even if I were to be given an option, this path is the one I would walk all the same.