You don't. [He might be a little more conflicted, infuriatingly acknowledging that yes, there's some grey there, but there's no hesitation in that. Whatever he once was, Ardyn is still a monster.]
I'd put you out of your misery if I could. [An offer he's made before, and not just because Ardyn deserves to die, needs to die. But because there are things worse than death. How many hunters, soldiers, Glaives has he had to put down before the inevitable happens? Cold, certainly, and something so many of his fellows didn't have the stomach for but it was also a mercy. He wouldn't let anyone brave enough to fight beside him turn into a daemon.]
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I'd put you out of your misery if I could. [An offer he's made before, and not just because Ardyn deserves to die, needs to die. But because there are things worse than death. How many hunters, soldiers, Glaives has he had to put down before the inevitable happens? Cold, certainly, and something so many of his fellows didn't have the stomach for but it was also a mercy. He wouldn't let anyone brave enough to fight beside him turn into a daemon.]