"Pride and ambition moved me. You are no stranger to those feelings." It was said without scorn, a simple statement of fact. "I owe no allegiance to a king who forsakes his duties and his vows. However, if you think I came here to grovel at your feet, you are mistaken. Even in this age, I am much too prideful for that.
"There is a time and a place for every decision, and knowing what I did then, my choice was the right one to make. We face a different war and a different world, now. It is a different set of scales."
A hint of a smirk appeared on Styx's lips. "As for my actions being insulting, I am Hate, uncle. I expected it to be so."