Noct sighs heavily, content to stay where he is though, content to let Gladio stroke his hair and keep him close.
"The more people talk about this future I haven't lived yet the more I'm.... kinda glad I'm here, wherever that is." He untucks his harms from where he's had them curled against Gladio to wrap his arms around his shield in turn. "The Empire really screws us over that bad, huh?"
It's not that hard to imagine how awful things are liable to be. Not when he thinks about the long-term repercussions of what's happened in the last 48 hours. There isn't a place left on Eos that isn't under the Empire's control. It's terrifying to consider what they're capable of enforcing now.
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"The more people talk about this future I haven't lived yet the more I'm.... kinda glad I'm here, wherever that is." He untucks his harms from where he's had them curled against Gladio to wrap his arms around his shield in turn. "The Empire really screws us over that bad, huh?"
It's not that hard to imagine how awful things are liable to be. Not when he thinks about the long-term repercussions of what's happened in the last 48 hours. There isn't a place left on Eos that isn't under the Empire's control. It's terrifying to consider what they're capable of enforcing now.