[Something twisted uncomfortably in his chest as Ardyn listened to her speak--not the maelstrom of Starscourge, but something at once simpler yet more profound. He remembered, as distantly as a hazy dream, being told legends of the Astral War by their parents. Of Ifrit casting the Meteor down upon their star, and the plague it wrought with its fall.]
[He remembered the ancient Solheim ruins, ancient remnants of a civilization advanced beyond imagination. She had always been so fascinated by them, of delving deep into a history forgotten in all but fragmented legend. Childhood stories that became far too real, and a hero fallen to darkness himself with no gods to turn to.]
[...When Era finished speaking, Ardyn realized he'd been caught a bit too transfixed and moved to leave himself--in his own hurry their paths met and his shoulder caught her own.]
Ah--forgive me, I wasn't watching where I was going, I-...er...
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[Something twisted uncomfortably in his chest as Ardyn listened to her speak--not the maelstrom of Starscourge, but something at once simpler yet more profound. He remembered, as distantly as a hazy dream, being told legends of the Astral War by their parents. Of Ifrit casting the Meteor down upon their star, and the plague it wrought with its fall.]
[He remembered the ancient Solheim ruins, ancient remnants of a civilization advanced beyond imagination. She had always been so fascinated by them, of delving deep into a history forgotten in all but fragmented legend. Childhood stories that became far too real, and a hero fallen to darkness himself with no gods to turn to.]
[...When Era finished speaking, Ardyn realized he'd been caught a bit too transfixed and moved to leave himself--in his own hurry their paths met and his shoulder caught her own.]
Ah--forgive me, I wasn't watching where I was going, I-...er...