I'm not...I don't want to become that person. [Ardyn rubbed at his right arm nervously, clearly trying to relax.]

I came here from a point in time well before any of you were even born, when I was still possessed of the reasoning and sanity I would apparently have soon lost. The thing I learned I would turn into is...abhorrent at the absolute least. I detest everything I'm told I've not yet done, and I would sooner remain a Lucis Caelum than become any such monster.