[How many men his age does he think has their shit entirely together? He shakes his head.]
Why else goad me to the point any time I saw your smug face, my vision went red. Neither of us will be standing at the end. I know it, you experienced it.
[Yet, for all the hatred he should feel right now... All the anger and rage, all he feels is a tiredness that went beyond the lingering lethargy that has plagued him since the attack. He wants it to be over just as much as Ardyn does, but not solely because he despises what the other's become.]
You'll get the first, but the world will continue. Those who survive us will rebuild. There will always be a future, and I will die on the throne to give it to our people.
cw: suicidal ideation and depression
[How many men his age does he think has their shit entirely together? He shakes his head.]
Why else goad me to the point any time I saw your smug face, my vision went red. Neither of us will be standing at the end. I know it, you experienced it.
[Yet, for all the hatred he should feel right now... All the anger and rage, all he feels is a tiredness that went beyond the lingering lethargy that has plagued him since the attack. He wants it to be over just as much as Ardyn does, but not solely because he despises what the other's become.]
You'll get the first, but the world will continue. Those who survive us will rebuild. There will always be a future, and I will die on the throne to give it to our people.