[ Yuuri laughs. She doesn't mean to, but it just sort of... comes out. Still with her back to Asch, she shakes her head, hardly able to believe what she's hearing. She can't blame him for having a little bit of hope but... god, where does she even start? ]

I can't tell you it means anything, I'm afraid.

[ And it really does sound like she means it this time around. For all the deflecting she's been doing, that at least has sounded sincere. ]

The place I came from and the Ardyn I knew... you can't really make that clean of a comparison. They're not interchangeable. So I don't know how useful anything I could tell you might be.