"The Marshal's..." It takes forever for Ignis to get that much out of his mouth and even then he can't finish the sentence. Logically, he knows they have to have lost many over those long years of darkness, but hearing Cor was one of them...
And recently. From the way Gladio speaks, it has to have been recent.
He swallows hard and lets his head drop. If Ignis could see, he'd be looking at the rocks that make up the shower floor, pulling out patterns, using that to sort out the mess in his mind, but now all he has is darkness to look into. Emptiness that doesn't hold any of the answers he's seeking.
What is he doing? Does he really think he can do anything to help Gladio when he's been through so much loss and pain? Loss and pain Ignis can't even fully comprehend because he hasn't lived it yet. Used to being teasingly called the group's mother, he suddenly feels like a lost child. So far back in the timeline. So much everyone else has lived through he hasn't.
Unconsciously, he wraps his arms around himself, fighting back a shiver. Every time he thinks he's found a way to drive back the helplessness that's been his constant companion since Altissia, it finds a way back into his heart and mind.
Would it be better of Gladio talked to Noctis about this? Noctis has been through it all. Died and come back by some strange twist of fate, but if Gladio won't burden Ignis with this, he knows the Shield will never burden his King with it either.
"Noct doesn't want any of us to die for him. You know that. Not even you; no matter what the role of Shield demands. He would rather we all lived for him instead."
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And recently. From the way Gladio speaks, it has to have been recent.
He swallows hard and lets his head drop. If Ignis could see, he'd be looking at the rocks that make up the shower floor, pulling out patterns, using that to sort out the mess in his mind, but now all he has is darkness to look into. Emptiness that doesn't hold any of the answers he's seeking.
What is he doing? Does he really think he can do anything to help Gladio when he's been through so much loss and pain? Loss and pain Ignis can't even fully comprehend because he hasn't lived it yet. Used to being teasingly called the group's mother, he suddenly feels like a lost child. So far back in the timeline. So much everyone else has lived through he hasn't.
Unconsciously, he wraps his arms around himself, fighting back a shiver. Every time he thinks he's found a way to drive back the helplessness that's been his constant companion since Altissia, it finds a way back into his heart and mind.
Would it be better of Gladio talked to Noctis about this? Noctis has been through it all. Died and come back by some strange twist of fate, but if Gladio won't burden Ignis with this, he knows the Shield will never burden his King with it either.
"Noct doesn't want any of us to die for him. You know that. Not even you; no matter what the role of Shield demands. He would rather we all lived for him instead."