[Ardyn's jaw was set into a hard, tense line as he struggled not to grind his teeth together hard enough for them to crack.]
[He thought of Choromatsu, who killed for his brothers' sake even as he'd regretted every second of it. Of Nari who had committed a terrible betrayal so she wouldn't be forgotten. Queenie, who killed out of love to save her own world...even Kip, who had lied all this time even if it was out of fear.]
[...What made this so different, past the two thousand years of trauma and nightmares?]
One chance. I'll tell my family to leave you alone, and in turn I expect you to say the same to Noctis and Prompto.
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[Ardyn's jaw was set into a hard, tense line as he struggled not to grind his teeth together hard enough for them to crack.]
[He thought of Choromatsu, who killed for his brothers' sake even as he'd regretted every second of it. Of Nari who had committed a terrible betrayal so she wouldn't be forgotten. Queenie, who killed out of love to save her own world...even Kip, who had lied all this time even if it was out of fear.]
[...What made this so different, past the two thousand years of trauma and nightmares?]
One chance. I'll tell my family to leave you alone, and in turn I expect you to say the same to Noctis and Prompto.