[There, finally, he sees some of what he admires in Ardyn in Izunia. The first proper sign of their relation, if you ask him, because appearances and superficial similarities don't say much at all.

And despite how he feels about Izunia, Heart does smile.]

That's more like it.

[And that is infinitely more interesting than how durable someone is.]

Whether or not someone is fun to fight is about a lot more than how capable they are. I wonder what you might be like with a proper fire in you... Driving you...

Now that?

That would be an opponent worth fighting.