Would you truly be so vicious, so vindictive, just because I treated you like some domestic, mindless thing?

[Though to be fair, it sounds like something that Ardyn would attempt to do. The long con, the slow but steady build-up towards a greater goal. Scheming, to put it simply.]

How easily your pride is bruised, my dear. You should be more careful to not let that be known to others, lest someone take advantage of this glaring weakness.