[ "Mostly fine" is probably as ever fine as it can get. She's not fine with it, and if not thinking about it is how he copes-- ah, she can't say that's the best, but it's the best he has in this moment.
The world is waiting for him, when he returns. The people are. The kings are. Somnus is. Noctis will restore the light to him, consumed by madness. She knows this, because he told her.
But that's there. This is here. Noctis is here, and so is she. Reinforced by his hand coming to hold the both of hers in return, she answers his wry smile with a sad one of her own-- at first. ] Do you remember how despondent you had been, when you woke up months ago? I wonder... how long you had been in your Crystal. That already seemed like so much.
[ Her gaze drops at the memory, thinking back to how miserable he had been. Granted, he had been miserable not just because of being trapped in a Crystal, but also because of all the other hardships he endured up until that point, too. Pyra breathes out, and she looks at him, managing a small smile despite herself. ]
There's such a thing as an overboiled egg. But you're still standing. [ Months had gone by since then. He's also smiled in the interim. ] I think that... [ A pause, and she nods, as if passing one more thought through her mind before she finishes, squeezing his hands: ] I think that your resilience shines greater than the light of your Crystal.
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The world is waiting for him, when he returns. The people are. The kings are. Somnus is. Noctis will restore the light to him, consumed by madness. She knows this, because he told her.
But that's there. This is here. Noctis is here, and so is she. Reinforced by his hand coming to hold the both of hers in return, she answers his wry smile with a sad one of her own-- at first. ] Do you remember how despondent you had been, when you woke up months ago? I wonder... how long you had been in your Crystal. That already seemed like so much.
[ Her gaze drops at the memory, thinking back to how miserable he had been. Granted, he had been miserable not just because of being trapped in a Crystal, but also because of all the other hardships he endured up until that point, too. Pyra breathes out, and she looks at him, managing a small smile despite herself. ]
There's such a thing as an overboiled egg. But you're still standing. [ Months had gone by since then. He's also smiled in the interim. ] I think that... [ A pause, and she nods, as if passing one more thought through her mind before she finishes, squeezing his hands: ] I think that your resilience shines greater than the light of your Crystal.