[There was nothing wrong with exploring, with talking, with simply being overly dramatic together. In truth, Ardyn had enjoyed it -- though he is many things, not all of them flattering, one thing that had not changed in a couple thousand years has been his sense of humor. He could indulge in it, in a shred of inanity, around X'rhun. It was a fine sort of distraction at the time.
But now-]
But knowing who I am, what I've done, you'll treat me the same as before? Do not think that'll be the case. There will be expectation from you now, I think, that I be better than what I am. I do not have it in me to give that.
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[There was nothing wrong with exploring, with talking, with simply being overly dramatic together. In truth, Ardyn had enjoyed it -- though he is many things, not all of them flattering, one thing that had not changed in a couple thousand years has been his sense of humor. He could indulge in it, in a shred of inanity, around X'rhun. It was a fine sort of distraction at the time.
But now-]
But knowing who I am, what I've done, you'll treat me the same as before? Do not think that'll be the case. There will be expectation from you now, I think, that I be better than what I am. I do not have it in me to give that.
[He wonders if he even has a willingness to.]