[For a moment, concern flashes across Ignis' face and he focuses all his senses on Laurent for the first time. What kind of talk is that? Are there really that many who would risk so much for such a slim hope at release?]

The Storyteller put us there to begin with. They sent requests there. The tent. The mana pool. There may be places where their power is limited, but I highly doubt there is any place truly beyond their reach.

[It was too much to hope, wasn't it? That Laurent would let that pause go? Still, in light of his lingering concern, for once Ignis doesn't try to be evasive when it comes to the answer. Instead, he is just as honest as he can be.]

We're complicated. Even more so if I force myself to stop seeing things in black and white and acknowledge the true grays that lay between.

[In other words, he's aware it's not right for him to continue seeing Ardyn as two different people. Even Ardyn himself has said he's not, but seeing them as one person brings up so many things Ignis isn't ready to deal with yet.]

Please don't worry. I wouldn't place either of you in danger of starvation. Should stores become so low I can't keep everyone fed, I'll let you know. We are shorter than I would like to be due to what was lost during the darkness, but things are not critical yet. Merely strained.