[He’s silent as the other hastily tends to his wound, watching as the focus drains from the man who will soon become nothing more than a prisoner.
There’s little need to keep up the facade of a grin as the other drifts away, far from the shores of consciousness. It fades from Ardyn’s face, becoming something considering, something serious in the lines of his brow. He says nothing, has nothing to say, but he knows — with dreadful poignancy — the rest of the sentence left unfinished.
He remembers, years ago, something he once uttered to another. In a world that was not this one, circumstances different, but the sentiment quite similar. Only once the Crystal and King are no more...can I know redemption.
Ardyn scoffs, pushing these thoughts aside to let them gnaw upon him later, as Zain crumples. For now, in the fair distance behind him, he can hear the hurried sound of approaching footsteps and anxious voices. Guardsmen, come to see what’s happened, to help retrieve the broken skull, and to aid him in taking away their new captive.]
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There’s little need to keep up the facade of a grin as the other drifts away, far from the shores of consciousness. It fades from Ardyn’s face, becoming something considering, something serious in the lines of his brow. He says nothing, has nothing to say, but he knows — with dreadful poignancy — the rest of the sentence left unfinished.
He remembers, years ago, something he once uttered to another. In a world that was not this one, circumstances different, but the sentiment quite similar. Only once the Crystal and King are no more...can I know redemption.
Ardyn scoffs, pushing these thoughts aside to let them gnaw upon him later, as Zain crumples. For now, in the fair distance behind him, he can hear the hurried sound of approaching footsteps and anxious voices. Guardsmen, come to see what’s happened, to help retrieve the broken skull, and to aid him in taking away their new captive.]