It really wasn't, but he's certainly slept in some odder places than this. Stella fusses a little and sneezes when Ignis picks her up, but soon falls back asleep in his lap. Noctis smiles faintly as he opens the bento, and slowly starts poking at it. He knows he should eat, but finding his father out there...
He forces himself to eat regardless, swallowing before he answers.
"Yeah. Granted it's only the testing phase, but..." He heaves out a sigh, shaking his head. In that testing chamber, he has to be careful. He has to because the Ring can work in there, and the fact he can teach others to use his own asterisk means that in the long run, they could be burned like so many others.
He doesn't want that, and he holds one of the dumplings perhaps a little too hard between the chopsticks.
"Wanna make sure no one else gets burned." Not because of him. Not again. He hates that so many have and are willing to sacrifice themselves for him that they all but line up to do so, but he'll never put those frustrations to words. He won't spit in the faces of those who already have and still might.
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He forces himself to eat regardless, swallowing before he answers.
"Yeah. Granted it's only the testing phase, but..." He heaves out a sigh, shaking his head. In that testing chamber, he has to be careful. He has to because the Ring can work in there, and the fact he can teach others to use his own asterisk means that in the long run, they could be burned like so many others.
He doesn't want that, and he holds one of the dumplings perhaps a little too hard between the chopsticks.
"Wanna make sure no one else gets burned." Not because of him. Not again. He hates that so many have and are willing to sacrifice themselves for him that they all but line up to do so, but he'll never put those frustrations to words. He won't spit in the faces of those who already have and still might.