'Twould be easier to hate him, I think. It's a thought I entertained briefly in Niflheim; to just cast aside what I could and put myself as far from the bloodline as possible. But that was in a situation where he had been dead for millennia, and his spectral existence beyond my reach. Then, it would have been simple. But now, with him alive within arm's reach and with myself having had time enough to calm down a bit...

[Ardyn sighed quietly, making a move of his own as if he barely needed to study the board.]

The whole situation is painful to the last detail. I'm angry, perhaps I can even acknowledge I deserve that, but I don't want to be. I know not if happiness is attainable for either of us, but I would wish him to come as close as we might to the idea.