You can hear them, can't you? [Ardyn's own voice came from the twin monster in front of him, the real thing backing off even further.] How long until their call is echoed by those who came to follow? How long until they realize you're still this, deep down?
[Distantly, the noise of the mob continued; calling for blood, for execution, kill the Accursed, kill the Usurper-]
[Ardyn shook his head, ashen pale and shaken.]
They...they won't. They would never--they're not-...I'm not like you.
[Dozens of swords appeared in the air behind Ardyn, phantoms of magenta light pointed at the duplicate with the miasma-stained face and blackened aura.]
no subject
[Distantly, the noise of the mob continued; calling for blood, for execution, kill the Accursed, kill the Usurper-]
[Ardyn shook his head, ashen pale and shaken.]
They...they won't. They would never--they're not-...I'm not like you.
[Dozens of swords appeared in the air behind Ardyn, phantoms of magenta light pointed at the duplicate with the miasma-stained face and blackened aura.]