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[maybe he is a glutton for punishment. maybe he is, in ways, afraid of the fact that he'll return to eos only to lose everything he has--back there and here. the idea of returning in and of itself is terrifying, nevertheless, for countless of reasons.]

[so he sticks, instead, to the second question]

any experience can be good as long as you see it that way
it could be worse

but i'm learning a lot too

[Ardyn has always believed that a lack of an answer is telling in its own right. It speaks volumes more than anything that could've been written. Prompto is too uncomfortable to answer, which means he's given it some thought before now. That alone is satisfying to know.

So, the second question it is.]

And what are you learning, exactly?

things you're more than likely to consider a waste of time

[talking with ardyn is always weird. prompto always expects him to be mocking, and so ends up catching himself before he keeps on as if it were a most normal conversation with just any other person. it's not any other person.]

also, as long as you're here, the prophecy can't be fulfilled
guess you got no other choice but to make an effort in this place

how's your new job treating you

We’ll see how much of an effort I actually need to put in. The rest of our group seems more than content to flit about, investigating this and that, arguing with each other, that sort of thing.

The new job is a bit like the old one. [He means when he was Chancellor.] Meetings after meetings. Looking at policies and how they might change. Nothing you’d care about.

[ardyn keeps saying the same stuff... his disinterest is too real. prompto, on the other hand, keeps picking at the man's words for some damn reason.]

you know you're in a really useful position, right? for as much as you don't care about investigating and doing things like that, i think you're in the highest job position any of us have

without trying too which is like the comical bit

you're still gonna just be a bystander?

I never said I was just going to stand by and watch. I said we will see how much effort I need to put in. I've already spoken with another Displaced in a political position, too, and we might collaborate on how our new jobs can unearth information that was otherwise unavailable to us.

[And that's the truth. But Ardyn, to avoid being too conceding, adds:]

Or maybe we won't! Who knows?

you're the most reassuring person in existence, did you know that?

[ARDYN...]

How kind of you to say.

[ :) ]

[he knows that ardyn knows he was being sarcastic... ugh]

you're welcome?

[ugh!!] anyway, i think i'm gonna pass on aiding you in the political ambit
you seem to know what you're doing and i got other stuff i wanna be doing in any case

enjoy the halloween celebrations i guess