[Ardyn's hands shook with a mixture of tension and the desire to punch Somnus again, words still very strained with the effort it took not to start shouting.]
So I'm to believe that your little display back then, that was you caring? Calling me...what was it again, 'seditious traitor'? Mocking Aera as she died in my arms, that was 'caring' to you? Every single scar you left on me, driving a sword through my chest, making sure no one would ever know I existed, you expect me to believe you never stopped caring? You don't even care enough now to merely tell me you're sorry.
I had known for longer than I cared to admit that such a confrontation was inevitable. And I knew...I couldn't have done it, Somnus. Even had that mortal body not been dying, even if I had possessed the physical strength to kill you, I would sooner have died than go through with it. You were my brother, no crown or kingdom was ever worth that to me. But it has ever been clear to me that sentiment was never shared.
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[Ardyn's hands shook with a mixture of tension and the desire to punch Somnus again, words still very strained with the effort it took not to start shouting.]
So I'm to believe that your little display back then, that was you caring? Calling me...what was it again, 'seditious traitor'? Mocking Aera as she died in my arms, that was 'caring' to you? Every single scar you left on me, driving a sword through my chest, making sure no one would ever know I existed, you expect me to believe you never stopped caring? You don't even care enough now to merely tell me you're sorry.
I had known for longer than I cared to admit that such a confrontation was inevitable. And I knew...I couldn't have done it, Somnus. Even had that mortal body not been dying, even if I had possessed the physical strength to kill you, I would sooner have died than go through with it. You were my brother, no crown or kingdom was ever worth that to me. But it has ever been clear to me that sentiment was never shared.