[ True, he doesn’t know Noctis. He knows of him, from the stories and photos Prompto would share, and now Prompto, too, is a stranger. Still, X’rhun is an idealist, and would very much like to believe that when shown the right path, no matter how difficult or deadly, that one would move forward simply for the good of others.

What a quandary he’s been placed in, hating the fate that’s been laid upon Ardyn and Noctis both, and hoping that Noctis might still rise to the occasion without prodding. ]

He may be acting a child right now, but so are you. Call it part of your grand machinations all you want, but you are taking your anger – anger that has naught to do with him – out on him and his friends just because they’re the easiest targets. You cannot tell me that jabbing at him over the network simply to drive the blade in deeper brings you any satisfaction at all.

I may not know what is to become of us if or when we should leave this place, but I do know that this will not bring your magic or the Starscourge back, and neither will it send you home.