Noctis listened quietly. Listened, as one of his closest friends tried to form the words but trailed off both times. His gaze fell briefly, glancing at the bracelets for but a few seconds. Of course it affected him. Why wouldn't it? After all, they...

"Prompto." He said at last, calm and measured. At least, as calm as he could get. "I know. It's a lot to take in at once." Or at all, really. Yet he smiled faintly, trying when Prompto could not. "And I'm glad- that you're being honest with me on this."

And so many other things. Noctis sighed, gaze attempting to meet Prompto's again. "It's hard to ask about someone else's pain, but so much harder to talk about your own." Which, is why he never said anything in the first place. "So, don't worry if you can't right away. It's been a month and I still can't..."