Well, I managed to create a kingdom that endured for two thousand years, I must have done something right.
[Truthfully - one of the thoughts he can barely admit to himself, barely allow to bubble to the surface, a thought that he won't be giving voice to any time soon - is that his meticulous nature and relative contentedness to deal with logistical nightmares day in and day out probably makes him better suited for day-to-day ruling than Ardyn was, even if his brother was the more compelling figure.
But he drowns that thought.]
The... short of it is that an ability we thought was healing was simply transferral. He healed people and took the infection into himself, where it eventually became something worse.
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[Truthfully - one of the thoughts he can barely admit to himself, barely allow to bubble to the surface, a thought that he won't be giving voice to any time soon - is that his meticulous nature and relative contentedness to deal with logistical nightmares day in and day out probably makes him better suited for day-to-day ruling than Ardyn was, even if his brother was the more compelling figure.
But he drowns that thought.]
The... short of it is that an ability we thought was healing was simply transferral. He healed people and took the infection into himself, where it eventually became something worse.