You may believe that you know him well, and you two are certainly intimate. However, I know him far better than you do. —I am his successor with due reason. I do not require your counsel.
Why do you do this, Glacies? To keep everyone safe? To prove you are righteous?
We both know you will find some manner of 'crime' for which you will undoubtedly condemn him. But what would you do if you find your own methods more heinous than what he has done?
This is why I have chosen this very path. For if he is innocent, no one will be hurt. And if he is guilty, he will know that he cannot continue.
I have taken this stand for myself, but I hope it will give him some courage. Noctis is not Somnus, nor am I Aera or Ardyn. We can write a new history by knowing the truth of the past, and freeing ourselves from the bonds that gods place upon us. —We can all be free.
You feeble, frail, and foolish creature. At least the half-men can't help being what they are.
You know his history better than I. A man who watched his love die before him, whose own brother whom he loved dearly betrayed him, imprisoned him. And then when oblivion was his goal even that was denied to him.
And now, now, when he is finally beginning to trust again you would use that against him. Drive home that love is a weakness to be exploited. As if that would not scar him worse.
You know nothing of Ardyn Lucis Caelum. Nor how to help him.
In this instance, it is not Ardyn that requires aid. I have given him boundless compassion and concern, but there are others who also deserve such care.
Am I not allowed to be upset and concerned about the circumstances that made him? You've seen him without his memories. You cannot deny how his isolation changed him.
What was done cannot be erased in months. Truly, I wish this was not the case.
I am not condoning some of his worst actions, but if you want him to heal you will need to give him more time.
Then, why do you speak of his suffering? He is forever changed as is everyone that he has come in contact with, the very world itself. It can never be erased.
. . . I want him to know peace, rest. That is all.
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You may believe that you know him well, and you two are certainly intimate. However, I know him far better than you do. —I am his successor with due reason. I do not require your counsel.
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Why do you do this, Glacies? To keep everyone safe? To prove you are righteous?
We both know you will find some manner of 'crime' for which you will undoubtedly condemn him. But what would you do if you find your own methods more heinous than what he has done?
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I have taken this stand for myself, but I hope it will give him some courage. Noctis is not Somnus, nor am I Aera or Ardyn. We can write a new history by knowing the truth of the past, and freeing ourselves from the bonds that gods place upon us. —We can all be free.
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No one will be hurt.
You feeble, frail, and foolish creature. At least the half-men can't help being what they are.
You know his history better than I. A man who watched his love die before him, whose own brother whom he loved dearly betrayed him, imprisoned him. And then when oblivion was his goal even that was denied to him.
And now, now, when he is finally beginning to trust again you would use that against him. Drive home that love is a weakness to be exploited. As if that would not scar him worse.
You know nothing of Ardyn Lucis Caelum. Nor how to help him.
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Alexander, you speak as if you pity him.
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What was done cannot be erased in months. Truly, I wish this was not the case.
I am not condoning some of his worst actions, but if you want him to heal you will need to give him more time.
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Aera did not task me with healing him. She begged me to stop him, and that much is in my power.
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And for a moment discard what Aera wants, the line of Lucis, or anyone else for that matter.
What do you want for Ardyn Lucis Caelum?
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. . . I want him to know peace, rest. That is all.
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Then his goals and yours align. I do believe it will run its course if you let it, but it will not be without it mishaps.
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Those mishaps are the lives of others. So long as he and I live within the same realm, he must understand that he can no longer cross that line.
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[which means she does, but that is really tiring, ok]
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Then I ask, as you plan and plot, that you do not break what remaining hope he has in others.
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But this gets us no closer to breaking the cycle. And perhaps for that there is no solution.
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But swearing will do you no good. Even the best of intentions can fall flat.
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