Oh no, I've not forgotten. Of all those who have experienced what you were, I am the one least able to forget. I'm the one who lives within a fraction of the darkness you claim makes up your entire being and I will live within that darkness for the rest of my days. Any glimpse of light this place gives me is merely a small flame that serves to remind me of why I did what I did and gave what I gave.

[Blade no longer at his throat, Ignis steps closer to Ardyn, confidence in his tone and every line of his body.]

I remember what you were for more reason than that. I remember because it's what allows me to see what you do not dare to let yourself see. I know the changes. Each tiny step. Each moment of bravery and confession. I will not betray those things I see anymore than I will betray you.

[Ignis takes another step forward, certain he is close enough now that he could steal a kiss if he wanted to.]

So kill me if you must. I will return and I will continue to burn no matter how many times you try to send me away. I live within the darkness and still I hold onto the light. It is here I've found balance and it's from this place I make my promise once more.

Et non supplantabuntur gressus.

What you fear will not come to pass.