Ardyn kept tension on the wire, a rather delighted look on his face as he watched Prompto's face rather than the blood that was seeping out of him.

"Why, the fact that you are a fledgling magitek! A plant that I placed in Insomia to look after our dear prince," he practically purred, twisting his fingers to curl the wires around them and pull on them further, blood seeping down the wires and slowly coating his fingers now. "Haven't you ever wondered why you had no family, Prompto? Wasn't it ever strange to you?"