[As much as she can barely bear to ask, he can bear less to answer. This miracle will destroy what's left of him.

But, if it means that there is even one fragment of a world where Ardyn led a normal, happy life...]

I wish that I had been.

[Once more, the utter truth, but removed from all the context that makes it a horrific weight.]

I... It's a dreadfully long, painful story. But if you exist, then... There's at least one world where it didn't happen.

[At the odds of... how many millions, to one? How many hopes does this girl represent, unknowing of the significance she carries?

At whatever ridiculous odds, she exists. Truly a miracle.]