[His gaze visibly hardens at that. Ardyn is silent for a moment, slowly retracting his sword from Zain’s neck, though there is nothing particularly comforting about the gesture.]
‘True’ loyalty? Don't you know? True loyalty is merely another form of enucleation.
[Ardyn attempts to bring the tip of the sword back down on Zain, to skewer whichever part of his arm might be closest to him if he’s not nimble enough to avoid it — shoulder, forearm, open palm. It doesn’t matter, he just wishes to return the favor as he promised, feeling particularly cruel after this exchange.]
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‘True’ loyalty? Don't you know? True loyalty is merely another form of enucleation.
[Ardyn attempts to bring the tip of the sword back down on Zain, to skewer whichever part of his arm might be closest to him if he’s not nimble enough to avoid it — shoulder, forearm, open palm. It doesn’t matter, he just wishes to return the favor as he promised, feeling particularly cruel after this exchange.]