[He smiles, a little, because she's right.]

"Ardyn Lucis Caelum" had far more of an existence than "Luke fon Fabre" did, as much as he's denied now. I don't think he - likes any reminder of that, but especially the reminder of who he was before all of that pain. I know I don't.

[Yet people insisted on reminding him anyway, sometimes to the point of ignoring who he was now.]

But it's important to remember that the Ardyn in the desert isn't him, either.