[Of course Ignis wants to know, that's just who he is. But this is something knowing won't fix. Not something that knowing will somehow give Ignis or any of them the ability to make right. Noct curls into the circle of Ignis' arm, feels miserable and childish for letting himself take that comfort when they've been running on nothing but denial and rage for over 24 hours now.
And thin Iggy goes and calls this cute little cottage home and Noct's fraying control pulls taut-]
Home?
[and snaps.]
This?! [A frantic, desperate gesture over his shoulder toward the house, his voice rising with anger and something so much deeper and more powerful. A well of grief he's barely kept latched since he'd found out, those brilliant blue eyes blurring with tears he refuses to let fall.] This isn't our home, Ignis!
There isn't one. It's all gone, Iggy. There's nothing for us to go back to. The Empire- [He has to stop himself for a moment, eyes wet and wide and panicked like he doesn't trust himself to let even a single tear fall for what might follow. And he only manages to choke out one more word.]
no subject
And thin Iggy goes and calls this cute little cottage home and Noct's fraying control pulls taut-]
Home?
[and snaps.]
This?! [A frantic, desperate gesture over his shoulder toward the house, his voice rising with anger and something so much deeper and more powerful. A well of grief he's barely kept latched since he'd found out, those brilliant blue eyes blurring with tears he refuses to let fall.] This isn't our home, Ignis!
There isn't one. It's all gone, Iggy. There's nothing for us to go back to. The Empire- [He has to stop himself for a moment, eyes wet and wide and panicked like he doesn't trust himself to let even a single tear fall for what might follow. And he only manages to choke out one more word.]
Dad-