[ Era's first reaction when Regis mentions his wife is confusion, though logically she knows there are expectations placed upon kings, and Noct (probably) didn't just materialize out of nowhere. It's just that she had never heard mention of his wife, not even whilst living through Noct's memories.
It isn't hard to piece things together from there. ]
What was she like?
[ 'He already believes you are the best of things.'
The comment is disarming, though she knows he isn't wrong. Ardbert does believe that, despite her being quite sure that she is not. ]
I believe I told you before that I am to Light what Ardyn is to Darkness. I absorbed the Light corrupting Ardbert's world until my soul begun to crack from the strain. Unable to control it any longer, the night sky we returned to his people was once again flooded by Light as I stood on the precipice of a fate worse than death. Once my soul shattered I would turn into a monster with the strength to destroy worlds, and all that I love in the process.
He spared me from that fate. The sound of my soul shattering no longer reverberated through me. I could once again breathe without Light oozing from my lips like tar. He stopped that indescribable agony that tore me apart.
He was the only one who could save me, because our souls are two pieces of a whole. 'Soulmates' in the most literal sense.
The price of saving my soul was his own. Two fragments that became one. Now he exists only as the radiance within my soul. My best friend is always with me, but I no longer have him by my side. The only person I had who ever truly understood the burden of a Warrior of Light was gone.
So to have him here is a blessing, and I am grateful for it. But it is also terrifying. If either of us returns home before I am ready, I will lose him again. And I am not a good prisoner here like the others are, you know? If the deities of this place grow cross with me they will make him disappear. It happened once before, with Hades — I had a ring ready for him, to propose properly. Then I woke up to a cold, empty bed before I'd the chance. I already knew he would say yes, I just never got to hear it.
I've designed a ring for Ardbert. I've the materials I need to craft it. It would take hardly any time at all now, but I am scared to make it.
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It isn't hard to piece things together from there. ]
What was she like?
[ 'He already believes you are the best of things.'
The comment is disarming, though she knows he isn't wrong. Ardbert does believe that, despite her being quite sure that she is not. ]
I believe I told you before that I am to Light what Ardyn is to Darkness. I absorbed the Light corrupting Ardbert's world until my soul begun to crack from the strain. Unable to control it any longer, the night sky we returned to his people was once again flooded by Light as I stood on the precipice of a fate worse than death. Once my soul shattered I would turn into a monster with the strength to destroy worlds, and all that I love in the process.
He spared me from that fate. The sound of my soul shattering no longer reverberated through me. I could once again breathe without Light oozing from my lips like tar. He stopped that indescribable agony that tore me apart.
He was the only one who could save me, because our souls are two pieces of a whole. 'Soulmates' in the most literal sense.
The price of saving my soul was his own. Two fragments that became one. Now he exists only as the radiance within my soul. My best friend is always with me, but I no longer have him by my side. The only person I had who ever truly understood the burden of a Warrior of Light was gone.
So to have him here is a blessing, and I am grateful for it. But it is also terrifying. If either of us returns home before I am ready, I will lose him again. And I am not a good prisoner here like the others are, you know? If the deities of this place grow cross with me they will make him disappear. It happened once before, with Hades — I had a ring ready for him, to propose properly. Then I woke up to a cold, empty bed before I'd the chance. I already knew he would say yes, I just never got to hear it.
I've designed a ring for Ardbert. I've the materials I need to craft it. It would take hardly any time at all now, but I am scared to make it.