[ Noctis' promise earlier comes to the front of his mind, the words meaning so much that they'd stuck with him. I know you can't see me right now, but you will. Ignis, you will.

For him to have said that, and meant it -- they were something to each other. Who else would so upset over the idea of him coming out of whatever haze Ardyn put him in and not being able to see? Maybe advancements in magitek eyes will suddenly spring forward and he'll be able to see Noctis and that will resolve everything simply. The memories he was missing would slot into place one by one and they could work through this together.

If that didn't happen, then he was stuck hoping his own mind could unlock all the memories he had of Noctis. Given the generally unsteady state of his memory, he didn't have the highest of hopes for this option; whatever Ardyn had done to him wouldn't so easily be fixed. It also meant he was hesitant to give Noctis any hope that his Noctis was ever going to be entirely back. ]

I don't know if I remember enough of your Ignis to say this with any surety, but I don't feel it's a stretch to say he would never want you to think you deserve that, for something you weren't responsible for.

[ He's going to have to find out what Noctis is willing to deal with sooner or later, may as well be now. ]

I don't remember enough of you to be him. Before you get your hopes up.