Could. That'd be a real shit waste of a good chance, though.

[Shrugging his shoulders, Ardyn sighed quietly. He knew plenty about self-hatred, but there had to be a limit to it. Otherwise it was just a spiral with no real end to it, one Ardyn himself often had trouble clawing his way back out of.]

Look at it like this. [He picked up the coffee cup again, taking another drink and carefully organizing his words before speaking.] Would you prefer to cast aside the life you don't deserve, or use it to improve upon what you've been?