[Ignis settles back, fingers still moving gently through Hresvelgr's soft feathers.]
You realize, even if I had gone with you, I would not have been abandoning Noct. I would have only been looking for more promising path for us to tread. [Likely with ring in hand. After all, Ardyn killing him no matter the decision was a likely outcome, and stay or go, Ignis had no intention of going down without a fight.]
As she died, Pryna showed me what was awaiting Noctis when he left the crystal. I knew he was going to die, a lamb to the slaughter, and I wanted to change that fate just as much then as I do now. I would have burned the world to ash to do it too.
[He suddenly falls silent, the thumb of his left hand unconsciously rubbing at the base of his middle finger. When he speaks again, his voice is much softer.]
I'm afraid I've missed the only chance I had to change things.
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You realize, even if I had gone with you, I would not have been abandoning Noct. I would have only been looking for more promising path for us to tread.
[Likely with ring in hand. After all, Ardyn killing him no matter the decision was a likely outcome, and stay or go, Ignis had no intention of going down without a fight.]
As she died, Pryna showed me what was awaiting Noctis when he left the crystal. I knew he was going to die, a lamb to the slaughter, and I wanted to change that fate just as much then as I do now. I would have burned the world to ash to do it too.
[He suddenly falls silent, the thumb of his left hand unconsciously rubbing at the base of his middle finger. When he speaks again, his voice is much softer.]
I'm afraid I've missed the only chance I had to change things.