Uh, I mean, I don't know if there are any around to save? Last I remember, the whole country was already falling apart without our help, probably they aren't, um, making new ones from scratch anymore. And Aranea and I got rid of the guy that was in charge of that.
[His head tilts slowly as the tension fades out of his shoulders. Softly, he says:]
You did it again.
[Noct absorbed the horrible truth of him without flinching. With the wry, grateful ghost of a smile--he knew Noct would accept it but he didn't know, and it's such a relief to have his belief confirmed--take that, irrational anxiety!--he bumps Noct's arm with his elbow.]
See, that's why, though. Because you're the kind of guy who says that stuff and means it, and then you make it happen. You make the planet a better place.
That's why we can't... the world needs you, Noct. But it needs you alive. I... we need you alive. So let's figure it out together, yeah? [He's quick to add with another elbow nudge:] We can crush what's left of the Empire on the way if you feel that strongly about it, buddy.
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Uh, I mean, I don't know if there are any around to save? Last I remember, the whole country was already falling apart without our help, probably they aren't, um, making new ones from scratch anymore. And Aranea and I got rid of the guy that was in charge of that.
[His head tilts slowly as the tension fades out of his shoulders. Softly, he says:]
You did it again.
[Noct absorbed the horrible truth of him without flinching. With the wry, grateful ghost of a smile--he knew Noct would accept it but he didn't know, and it's such a relief to have his belief confirmed--take that, irrational anxiety!--he bumps Noct's arm with his elbow.]
See, that's why, though. Because you're the kind of guy who says that stuff and means it, and then you make it happen. You make the planet a better place.
That's why we can't... the world needs you, Noct. But it needs you alive. I... we need you alive. So let's figure it out together, yeah? [He's quick to add with another elbow nudge:] We can crush what's left of the Empire on the way if you feel that strongly about it, buddy.