[The response is immediate, not quite defensive, but certainly deflecting. Never does he say something as direct as he wants release or death — that would be a verbal confirmation of everything that he holds within him, a string to be tugged at and pulled until it unravels completely. No one else is privy to this, and even Noctis saw only a glimpse before he was taken by the Crystal.
Two and two may be easily put together, of course. Of why his interest had been sparked to begin with, why he would bother showing her a sliver of his immortality. But there’s something resigned within him too, as dictated by a prophecy that he will bitterly adhere to, if only because it allows for him to unleash his spite in all the ways that he would find almost satisfying.
Not that they need to get into that.]
In any case, we shall see. It’s been a very long time, and I can wait a bit longer.
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[The response is immediate, not quite defensive, but certainly deflecting. Never does he say something as direct as he wants release or death — that would be a verbal confirmation of everything that he holds within him, a string to be tugged at and pulled until it unravels completely. No one else is privy to this, and even Noctis saw only a glimpse before he was taken by the Crystal.
Two and two may be easily put together, of course. Of why his interest had been sparked to begin with, why he would bother showing her a sliver of his immortality. But there’s something resigned within him too, as dictated by a prophecy that he will bitterly adhere to, if only because it allows for him to unleash his spite in all the ways that he would find almost satisfying.
Not that they need to get into that.]
In any case, we shall see. It’s been a very long time, and I can wait a bit longer.