[ He’s well aware enough of his brother’s games to know he means to provoke him, and perhaps months ago that would not have worked. But much in the way that he has grown to shed some of his steel, so too has he been made more susceptible to such tactics.
To even Somnus’ surprise, his response is quick, biting. ]
I honored my queen. [ And he had watched her death from the Ring. It is not quite the same as what Ardyn experienced with his betrothed, but it was cruel in its own way, perhaps deserving to the one who had taken the life of his brother’s lover. At the very least, it’s only solidified to Somnus that what he did to Ardyn is unforgivable, for witnessing the death of a loved one is the equivalent to knives dragging down one’s back.
It is why, he fears, Ardyn will pay the deed forward, much in the same way he made the Chosen be the sole audience to the Oracle’s murder. ]
And she bore me a son. Do not speak ill of her memory.
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To even Somnus’ surprise, his response is quick, biting. ]
I honored my queen. [ And he had watched her death from the Ring. It is not quite the same as what Ardyn experienced with his betrothed, but it was cruel in its own way, perhaps deserving to the one who had taken the life of his brother’s lover. At the very least, it’s only solidified to Somnus that what he did to Ardyn is unforgivable, for witnessing the death of a loved one is the equivalent to knives dragging down one’s back.
It is why, he fears, Ardyn will pay the deed forward, much in the same way he made the Chosen be the sole audience to the Oracle’s murder. ]
And she bore me a son. Do not speak ill of her memory.