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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]

Hardly.

[Ignis does turn toward Ardyn as he speaks now, cane falling still in his hand.]

I don't believe that anyone wishes to be completely forgotten, not even you on your worst days when the howling of anger and rage is all you can hear. I may only be one person...

[He laughs softly then.]

...but I am a stubborn one. I'll be sure to remind you of this.

[scourgingstars]

I have been told I am horrendously stubborn myself. Some have gone so far to consider it my worst quality, though I believe myself to have gained a few worse ones since then.

[shatteredlenses]

[A small smile turns up the corners of Ignis' mouth. He's well aware of that. After all, he's one of those who have recently called Ardyn stubborn.]

Well, no one is perfect after all. I, myself, have recently picked up some bad habits.

[Something sly creeps into Ignis' expression as he narrows his right eye and turns its focus toward Ardyn.]

Like being unable to set down complex puzzles until I've figured them out completely.

[scourgingstars]

Is that so? I've always rather enjoyed the occasional complicated puzzle or two myself. I've found they're very like building intricate machinery, and there aren't many things more satisfying than having every circuit and moving part click into alignment.

[shatteredlenses]

I will have to take your word on that, as dangerous a notion as that may be. Logic puzzles are more my forte than those that require actual hands on manipulation to solve. A rather regrettable lacking on my part, now that I think on it. Perhaps you can help me fix that someday.

[scourgingstars]

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[Ardyn raised an eyebrow slightly, vaguely aware he wasn’t certain how to interpret that. But in the nature of a true politician, he barely missed a step in his response.]

The practical approach is a difficult one to teach, I’m afraid. Often it comes down to a matter of either having natural talent or devoting one to tireless study and practice to make up for a lack of it.

Still, if it should be such a terrible regret, heavens forbid I should neglect to help you rectify it.

[shatteredlenses]

Well, I'm sure you will be relieved to know I have no fear of tireless study and practice. I'm quite used to it in fact, so we will be just fine should my natural skill in most things fail me.

[An amused smile crosses Ignis' face, but for once, he doesn't seem like he's actually purposefully twisting his words into a double meaning. He's just enjoying the idea of leaning something new.]

Who knows? Perhaps between the three of us, we might actually get that snowmobile of Prompto's running.