[Ardyn did not react to Aymeric's obvious discomfort of the word daemon. It frightened most and Ardyn was used to people avoiding him or hating him.]

Relax. I'm not about to attack you, dear boy. The daemons inside me are controlled and have been for the past thousand or so years. Unlike some, these daemons are part of me now and are always under my command. I'm not about to kill you.

[He took another sip of wine and offered his new friend a shrug of his shoulders.]