Ignis nods, obviously torn, but knowing what needs to be done, "She's very intelligent. She will understand even if it's not quite in the same way as you or I would."

He doesn't know if he was just lucky to have gotten a very smart chick, or if it was just that all of them were like that, but she's always been so quick to understand and learn, especially after the incident with Gladio. It was almost like she knew she had really messed up and was determined to do better.

And she had done better. Ignis would never stop being proud of her for that.

"Perhaps that is why you were never able to befriend one of your own. Someone somewhere knew you would need to be able to take Rory in for me later."