If there were another way I would gladly take it. Alas, there was not.

[He had already made his mind up years ago. The line of Lucis had to die. There was no other way.]

I disguised my name with Izunia. You believe I would lie after all this time of living within the darkness? Centuries of pain, suffering and deceit thrust upon me. No. I am not lying to you, Luna. Nor anyone else. I am over two thousand years old now. The Daemons inside me causing me to be immortal. Believe me, it would be a great pleasure not to have the blood of Lucis Caelum running through me but it does.

[He could tell she was sceptical and rightly so.]