Faced with the Ardyn before him, he suddenly surges with an emotion he can't name, can hardly understand. But - ]
But I, too, have chosen to live.
[But faced with the Ardyn before him, he cannot cower and hide away. He cannot be any less than what he is -
Because he can't stand to meet his brother on anything less than equal footing, or at least as equal as he can manage to make it.And so even if the path is frightening, he will straighten his back and walk tall into it.
Not only Ardyn, but the people who have reached out to him here - they deserve no less.]
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[But what?
Faced with the Ardyn before him, he suddenly surges with an emotion he can't name, can hardly understand. But - ]
But I, too, have chosen to live.
[But faced with the Ardyn before him, he cannot cower and hide away. He cannot be any less than what he is -
Because he can't stand to meet his brother on anything less than equal footing, or at least as equal as he can manage to make it.And so even if the path is frightening, he will straighten his back and walk tall into it.
Not only Ardyn, but the people who have reached out to him here - they deserve no less.]