[Leave it to X’rhun to pinpoint exactly what has Ardyn so agitated beneath the surface, that has him instigating others over the network and in-person alike. It’s almost frustrating, in its own way, how easily he cuts past all else Ardyn had just said, as if homing in on the core of the issue with a steeled stubbornness that he cannot sidestep.]

And where would you have me redirect my frustrations towards, X’rhun? Dearest friend, [a cloying tone, utterly dripping in it — he grows a mite irritated] tell me why one person is any better than another. You’d have a stranger instead replace Noctis as the target of my ire?