The thing is? Regis is also a little drunk. Because this place has been too much, and there is nothing that he can do about any of this. Not even about getting home to Father, who does need him.

But... He has not gone missing on Clarus or Cor. They would have told him. So maybe, just maybe, it's all right to be here for as long as he is.

Except alcohol certainly isn't making him feel cheerful. Quite the opposite, and he suspects that if he keeps on going, he might end up in tears, and he knows there are a number of people who would not like to see that. At all.

So, here he is, trying to keep his future son off the floor. Maybe.

"Hey. Easy there, Noct."