[‘I wouldn't place either of you in danger of starvation’, Ignis says.]

Not even me? You're extremely diplomatic.

[But don't worry, it's mostly the soulless monsters that think this way and there aren't many of them. I mean this literally, Laurent sold his soul for bling. And some other stuff but that’s irrelevant. ]

Don’t say you wouldn’t put your life on the line for such odds if it would help your prince. [called out?] Death isn't even a steep price here, it's an inconvenience.

[He listens, and it's almost funny hearing someone else struggle with the same tarpit he drowned in. He's run that race last fall, grasshopper, but fine- it's rude to laugh at things like this. Laurent's voice is perfectly when he replies. He would have stabbed a man if they responded otherwise, and he wouldn't expect less out of Ignis.]

Of course it's complicated. Damianos killed my brother and I had his back flayed for it. The most personal things are the hardest to see greys in.

I didn’t pester you out of reading too many romance novels the last time, for the record.