Indeed. I am equally curious as to why there is a difference in what he remembers and what I remember. Yet I do not doubt it. He would not hostility toward me unless he lived in some other world. I barely had any contact with him in my own timeline...
[ And he does not doubt the hostility, he glances for a second at his jacket. ]
It is not so complicated. If I know myself... that man was going to lose to me in battle. I have a habit of adding more words than necessary. But yes, I know myself. In order to let his failure sink in, I would have explained what my plans were so that his last seconds would be agonizing. [ He takes another sip. ] My goal is a simple one. It is allowing a cursed being to be born.
[ Kirei chuckles to himself before naming it. ] Angra Mainyu. He was once a human that now bears the sins and curses of the entire world, the entire human race. He was forced to take them into himself by humanity, because in their childlike thinking, if he was the "evil of the world"... no human born could be. And so the legend goes, they wouldn't let him die until he succumbed to old age. His true name no longer exists anywhere and so that would be how the legend ends.
[ He shakes his head. ] But he exists and exists outside the realm of men. It is my intention to bring him into reality, to give him flesh and bone. It is my wish to have him tear this world apart... eradicate all humanity that damned him, if he so wishes. And it has little to do with my connection with Angra Mainyu... [ Lifting his hand, he reminds of the black mud that heals his body. ] ... in any case, if that man lay dying, I would let him know of these plans that he could no longer stop.
[ And also, that will answer a question for Kirei. A question he has wondered and agonized for his entire life. But he'll keep that personal comment to himself. He thought for a moment of omitting some truths, and just omits the true end goal that he has. In the end, he runs the numbers in his head. Nothing yet has disturbed or frightened Ardyn from what he has said; he supposes that he just is curious as to what the man would take of half of his end goal. ]
As such, our conflict is a simple one. I wish to help Angra Mainyu be allowed to exist, and that man wants to ensure I do not succeed. He wishes to save humanity from me. An honorable and noble goal. [ And he sips more of his wine. ]
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[ And he does not doubt the hostility, he glances for a second at his jacket. ]
It is not so complicated. If I know myself... that man was going to lose to me in battle. I have a habit of adding more words than necessary. But yes, I know myself. In order to let his failure sink in, I would have explained what my plans were so that his last seconds would be agonizing. [ He takes another sip. ] My goal is a simple one. It is allowing a cursed being to be born.
[ Kirei chuckles to himself before naming it. ] Angra Mainyu. He was once a human that now bears the sins and curses of the entire world, the entire human race. He was forced to take them into himself by humanity, because in their childlike thinking, if he was the "evil of the world"... no human born could be. And so the legend goes, they wouldn't let him die until he succumbed to old age. His true name no longer exists anywhere and so that would be how the legend ends.
[ He shakes his head. ] But he exists and exists outside the realm of men. It is my intention to bring him into reality, to give him flesh and bone. It is my wish to have him tear this world apart... eradicate all humanity that damned him, if he so wishes. And it has little to do with my connection with Angra Mainyu... [ Lifting his hand, he reminds of the black mud that heals his body. ] ... in any case, if that man lay dying, I would let him know of these plans that he could no longer stop.
[ And also, that will answer a question for Kirei. A question he has wondered and agonized for his entire life. But he'll keep that personal comment to himself. He thought for a moment of omitting some truths, and just omits the true end goal that he has. In the end, he runs the numbers in his head. Nothing yet has disturbed or frightened Ardyn from what he has said; he supposes that he just is curious as to what the man would take of half of his end goal. ]
As such, our conflict is a simple one. I wish to help Angra Mainyu be allowed to exist, and that man wants to ensure I do not succeed. He wishes to save humanity from me. An honorable and noble goal. [ And he sips more of his wine. ]