It's good that Ravus doesn't know this particular flavor of desperation, at least. It's also unfamiliar to Ardyn, honestly, at least when it came to people stuck in the same shitty situation as him in Niflheim. He'd discarded all of them eventually, but that's the thing: he believed he wouldn't regret doing what he had to, but here Ravus is giving him opportunities he never imagined possible and making him wonder. Had it been the best choice? At the time, he believed so. Now? It's harder to say.

He hates that, the way it gnaws at him. But he'd hate more not seizing these second chances now.

Although, speaking of chances: "I think the best way would be to fill me, but that's reserved for after a date - or a few - usually." Despite Jhank's best effort to squeeze his brain into submission and not say the crass, forward thing- Ardyn wins that particular mental battle. At least let him have one. "I don't look for trouble though, honest. It just tends to find me!" This is a lie. "At least I keep things interesting."