[He'd be lying if he said he hadn't considered possibilities. Even assuming the 'final season' wasn't what might happen when the network finally caught up to them...there were more than enough other alternatives to consider. Ravus had occurred to him once or twice, as did Aranea. Admittedly, he almost pitied anyone stupid enough to cross Gilgamesh or Vandeae, but--]
[...there was still one faint and distant possibility that bothered Ardyn every single time it presented itself at the back of his mind. It wasn't likely, it surely wouldn't happen with how far back they would have to reach, but-]
... [He seemed to have forgotten that conversations usually involved two people speaking, having fallen silent with a blankly distant look on his face.]
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[...there was still one faint and distant possibility that bothered Ardyn every single time it presented itself at the back of his mind. It wasn't likely, it surely wouldn't happen with how far back they would have to reach, but-]
... [He seemed to have forgotten that conversations usually involved two people speaking, having fallen silent with a blankly distant look on his face.]