I probably didn't help with... y'know. My whole thing. [Oh yeah, Noct, that's real specific.] When I woke up, that first time- I panicked, almost attacked him. I couldn't even look at him for like a month. The best kind of reassurance isn't likely gonna come from me.

[Ardyn says he doesn't blame him for it, and he knows he couldn't help it to some extent, but even so, shouldn't he have been stronger? Been able to tell the difference, and stamp down the anxiety he'd felt even just hearing his voice? It wasn't exactly kingly, chickening out at every opportunity.]