...I used to be exactly the kind of individual you describe. I did horrific things because I felt the entire world deserved it. Because...someone I once loved dearly did something unthinkable to me, and it proved the only push I needed to fall into vengeful insanity.
People are-...can be terrible. I've been betrayed too many times by those I trusted and those I thought I knew to ever believe otherwise. But I don't...want to believe that betrayal is the natural end result of trust. I want to hold to this newfound faith that people in general...are worth pain like that.
[Ardyn nervously twisted a ring worn on his left hand, pausing as he tried to find the right words to say.]
...It doesn't change anything. The fact that I've rediscovered humanity doesn't change that Noctis wants me dead or that Prompto's likely terrified of me, or that I can't even stand to look at my brother. But I-...can't allow myself to fall back into being a lost cause. Not after all that's been done to pull me out of it.
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People are-...can be terrible. I've been betrayed too many times by those I trusted and those I thought I knew to ever believe otherwise. But I don't...want to believe that betrayal is the natural end result of trust. I want to hold to this newfound faith that people in general...are worth pain like that.
[Ardyn nervously twisted a ring worn on his left hand, pausing as he tried to find the right words to say.]
...It doesn't change anything. The fact that I've rediscovered humanity doesn't change that Noctis wants me dead or that Prompto's likely terrified of me, or that I can't even stand to look at my brother. But I-...can't allow myself to fall back into being a lost cause. Not after all that's been done to pull me out of it.