As Shion speaks, Ignis stops working completely, brushing the dirt from his hands and then holding one out in Shion's direction, not just for the usual pat or squeeze on the arm, but in offer of a hug. If Shion looks close enough, he might notice the hand is shaking a little.
"I...had to do the same for Ardyn and Prompto. Neither of them wanted to leave. Both of them wanted me to just let things go and..." Ignis presses his lips into a tight line as he violently pushes back the memory of Prompto's tears and Ardyn's pleas. He hadn't set out to save them, merely had fallen asleep due to exhaustion and been pulled in. Still, the net result had been the same, "Their worlds were perfect ones, though. Everything they always wanted or deserved and no pain or betrayal. I think I left part of my heart in each of them."
Ardyn's had been especially hard since they were together and happy and there was just so much that should have been. It was right where the Astrals and fate had made everything wrong in reality.
"I can't blame her for wanting to withdraw then. The dreams themselves were bad enough, but to have had similar experiences in that horrible place you came from had to have made it so much worse."
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As Shion speaks, Ignis stops working completely, brushing the dirt from his hands and then holding one out in Shion's direction, not just for the usual pat or squeeze on the arm, but in offer of a hug. If Shion looks close enough, he might notice the hand is shaking a little.
"I...had to do the same for Ardyn and Prompto. Neither of them wanted to leave. Both of them wanted me to just let things go and..." Ignis presses his lips into a tight line as he violently pushes back the memory of Prompto's tears and Ardyn's pleas. He hadn't set out to save them, merely had fallen asleep due to exhaustion and been pulled in. Still, the net result had been the same, "Their worlds were perfect ones, though. Everything they always wanted or deserved and no pain or betrayal. I think I left part of my heart in each of them."
Ardyn's had been especially hard since they were together and happy and there was just so much that should have been. It was right where the Astrals and fate had made everything wrong in reality.
"I can't blame her for wanting to withdraw then. The dreams themselves were bad enough, but to have had similar experiences in that horrible place you came from had to have made it so much worse."