{ Noctis }:
“Yeah. It’s kind of a long story,” he would admit, as Ignis’s reassurance actually put him in better spirits. There was a lot Noctis was playing close to the vest of late, because he didn’t want to worry his friends until he knew what they were up against. Unfortunately his closest friends not counting a certain handful of offworlders were also part of the Crownsguard, so there was a conflict of interest already. There were reasons they wanted to protect the Crown Prince, and these were things Noctis had not shared yet. “But I trust them, even if this information is a dead end.” ~
--- One he was no doubt sure Noctis would tell him when he was good and ready to do so. Yet there was a part of him that was, admittedly, curious. Sure, a disturbance in the ether was more than enough to quantify any cause for concern and it was for this reason that he chose not to press the matter too much, but that other part, the part that spoke of logic, simply repeated over and over it’d be easier to help if you had all the details. “I am ever by your side, you know this. But I can only hope you will fill me in on all the details soon enough,“
