...I lied. I knew the incentive would matter.

[He spoke in rushed and frantic tones, staring at the floor with a wide-eyed and not entirely present look.]

I knew it would matter to him. If he was erased, the entire world goes with him. And I--I would've--

[Ardyn shook his head, curling in on himself and pulling his knees to his chest.]

He did something stupid. I know he did, I know he wouldn't have just gotten killed carelessly. His entire role was to die for other people. For the entire world.