Really... [He thinks for a moment, musing over those words.] Someone back home said something like that to me, too. "You're just like your father."
[There'd been moments where he'd wondered if that should sting or be a point of pride; his first true act as king, without one of his retainers to "babysit" so to speak, and he was being compared to the man he'd wished could be here to negotiate instead. But Regis wasn't around, and he'd failed negotiations with Accordo decades before. Whatever his strengths and failings may be, Noctis had succeeded- and to be a king like his father is something he takes pride in, undeniably.]
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[There'd been moments where he'd wondered if that should sting or be a point of pride; his first true act as king, without one of his retainers to "babysit" so to speak, and he was being compared to the man he'd wished could be here to negotiate instead. But Regis wasn't around, and he'd failed negotiations with Accordo decades before. Whatever his strengths and failings may be, Noctis had succeeded- and to be a king like his father is something he takes pride in, undeniably.]