[For just a moment, he'll see her eyes have gone black once more. It fades with in a second, as does the gathering of energy in her hand, but that's all right: all she wanted was to drive the point home for him.]

I'm not an empathetic person, as a rule. But I think for you, Ardyn, I might just be able to commiserate.

[She says it as tartly as he does, and means it just as much as he does.]

I'll keep it for the moment. And if it should grow unbearable, I'll sever our bond. But I shan't give up on it so easily.