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[shatteredlenses]

 

This is Ignis.  Please leave a message and I'll get back to you as soon as possible.  Storyteller willing, I may actually be able to read messages left for me soon.
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And, no, your Highness, this doesn't mean I will be too busy to make sure you eat your vegetables. 

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[shatteredlenses]

You are the last person who I would ever call gullible.

[Ignis tries hard to keep his voice from becoming too angry, and while he has some success his resulting tone is very tense.]

I would like to remind you, in case you've forgotten, Noct has been here before and it didn't change how I felt about you. Why should now be different?

[scourgingstars]

Why shouldn't it? You've had plenty of time by now for it to sink in that I'm never going to change. So you can go back to your king who actually gives a damn about humanity and people other than himself.

[shatteredlenses]

Except that you have. You are willfully ignoring that right now.

[The young chocobo in Ardyn's lap finally starts stirring, now fully awakened by the rising tension between them. She lets out a small bewildered sound, head turning back and forth between the two.]

I've given enough of myself to him over the years. Forgive me if I wish for something outside of him for once.

[scourgingstars]

Don't be such a fool. [Almost automatically, his hand rested on the chocobo's feathers.] No matter what, it will always come back to this. Nothing in this ruined shell will ever be salvageable.

[shatteredlenses]

[Leilani coos softly at the touch, hoping to calm one or both of them. Unfortunately, Ardyn's words cause Ignis to shake his head sharply.]

You're just saying that because you're afraid to face the truth. You've changed, you don't know what that means, and it terrifies you!