...

[Ardyn didn't say anything; he opened his mouth to talk, and found a thousand different things simply stuck in his throat.]

[Then, finally:]

I loved you. I would have died a thousand times over for you if that was what was needed. But never would I have expected my downfall would be at the hands of the person I cared for more than all of Solheim.

I'll acknowledge that you tried. And more than that I'll acknowledge that you wouldn't have had to if you'd not made the mistake in the first place.