[ The affair with the man who shared his face hadn't lasted long from what he could tell, but any amount of time was still too much for a king that was married with a child. His disappointment in Noctis has bearing on the situation, though. The divorce paperwork sits between them, the other elephant in the room now that he's answered to his faults. ]
I was -- I am prepared to leave again. I promised someone that I would give him another week and then seek him out if he won't see me, to try and talk to him. Maybe I can help...salvage something.
[ Salvage this, keep this from going to shit any more than it has. Ignis is openly apologetic as he looks at her, shifting his glass from hand to hand before he catches the nervous gesture and forces himself to stop. ]
My duty is to him. It may not always take the shape of what either of us want, but I'm prepared for that.
[ A lie. He's not. He doesn't think he'll ever be. ]
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[ The affair with the man who shared his face hadn't lasted long from what he could tell, but any amount of time was still too much for a king that was married with a child. His disappointment in Noctis has bearing on the situation, though. The divorce paperwork sits between them, the other elephant in the room now that he's answered to his faults. ]
I was -- I am prepared to leave again. I promised someone that I would give him another week and then seek him out if he won't see me, to try and talk to him. Maybe I can help...salvage something.
[ Salvage this, keep this from going to shit any more than it has. Ignis is openly apologetic as he looks at her, shifting his glass from hand to hand before he catches the nervous gesture and forces himself to stop. ]
My duty is to him. It may not always take the shape of what either of us want, but I'm prepared for that.
[ A lie. He's not. He doesn't think he'll ever be. ]