[It's almost like Ardyn's slapped him across the face. His eyes widen for a moment, and then his brows come down like a thundercloud once more, jaw clenched.]

You're an idiot.

[His free hand is a white-knuckled fist at his side.]

You can't take people's suffering away from them. They're always going to suffer, it's part of fucking life! If it isn't your plague, it'll be something else--war, starvation, the goddamn nuclear holocaust. What'd a single martyr ever do for anyone, huh? All they get is misery without changing a damn thing.

The least you could give your fucking people is a chance to try to fight for themselves.