[he has more to say, but it takes him a minute to find the words. not out of hesitation, but out of a need to convey himself the right way.
he's trying.
he's trying so damn hard, because they've lost and are continuing to lose so much. and noct knows that he's failed people a lot by not living up a title that most people don't even know he has.
he has to do better.]
Sorry.
[it's a subdued apology, quiet and earnest—undoubtedly full of all the regrets he harbors and is trying to put aside for the sake of someone else.
of everyone else, really.]
I know it's asking a lot. [to tell him to stay alive, when he's known for weeks that this isn't something they can choose at all.] And I know... that it's hard.
[he knows that barnham is suffering—far, far more than he is right now. he knows that, so to come in here and ask something so weighted of him probably isn't fair at all.]
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[he has more to say, but it takes him a minute to find the words. not out of hesitation, but out of a need to convey himself the right way.
he's trying.
he's trying so damn hard, because they've lost and are continuing to lose so much. and noct knows that he's failed people a lot by not living up a title that most people don't even know he has.
he has to do better.]
Sorry.
[it's a subdued apology, quiet and earnest—undoubtedly full of all the regrets he harbors and is trying to put aside for the sake of someone else.
of everyone else, really.]
I know it's asking a lot. [to tell him to stay alive, when he's known for weeks that this isn't something they can choose at all.] And I know... that it's hard.
[he knows that barnham is suffering—far, far more than he is right now. he knows that, so to come in here and ask something so weighted of him probably isn't fair at all.]