Aegon couldn't help but feel emotional as he narrated the story to Elara. After all, it was his own story, something he had experienced himself, albeit he had distorted it a little to explain it better.
He had been there once as well, when nobody loved him, and when he searched everywhere, the only answer he got was that he should love himself.
Whether others loved him or not didn't matter as long as he loved himself.
So he searched for that self-love, spending his time trying to love himself even though he remained stuck in that hospital, surrounded by people who treated him like an object rather than a person.
Just the memory of those times brought a pang of pain, as he was reminded of those days again. How he had spent his entire life all alone, trying to love himself because no one else did.
Aegon suppressed those memories by remembering his current life, where he had people who loved him more than they loved themselves.
