[ He's known all of this. She's known all of this.
Even through the worry and frustration he feels sick with, combined with this newest blow, he registers how hard it must've been to carry that burden of knowledge. But it's washed over quickly by thoughts of Ignis, ever at his side even from his early childhood, and his fingers have to curl into fists to stay steady. ]
[ Although she hasn't thought of it in these terms before, it feels like another little secret now - all of her and Ignis's scattered late night talks, the way she remembers him being after finding out from Prompto. It's always been none of her business, not her place. Not her life. His friends, not hers. And yet - every day she's here - she is pulled more and more to the eye of something she never intended to be a part of. Like an undertow tugging her down, and she’s ensnared.
Part of her wants to cast it off. To say, fuck it, and remove herself from these lives. It would certainly be less stressful in the long run. ]
[ The thought's left unfinished, unintentionally sent rather than deleted, and if this were communicated on a phone he could throw across the room, take out some portion of his frustration on, he might be tempted to. But all he can do is curl a fist, teeth grit as his eyes shut and he welcomes a second of darkness.
All it takes is a mental image of damaged, white eyes with a pearly unseeing gaze for his to open again, feeling nauseated. Ignis... fuck, Ignis, why the fuck is all of this happening? ]
[ Tenebrae. They made it back there? After everything... he hasn't seen it in twelve years; without Luna there he can't imagine wanting to see it again. And now another truth, Altissia fell. Once again, he's silent for longer than he'd like. ]
look i dunno how it happened but prompto got separated from the rest of you all for a bit i found him near Niflheim after meeting you in Tenebrae and he was really messed up
[ She means emotionally, but she's not thinking about how it sounds. She's merely trying to - what? Fix it. Tidy up. Something.
[ Her lips thin a bit as she presses them together, processing that. ]
yeah no prob
[ She's never been amazing at being graceful in the face of sentiment. In fact, it wouldn't be a stretch to call her awkward, as she attempts to mask it with casual, quick words.
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Surprise 2/2
look
He was right about the secrets
So ask me anything you want
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Even through the worry and frustration he feels sick with, combined with this newest blow, he registers how hard it must've been to carry that burden of knowledge. But it's washed over quickly by thoughts of Ignis, ever at his side even from his early childhood, and his fingers have to curl into fists to stay steady. ]
Does he know? When did it happen?
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Part of her wants to cast it off. To say, fuck it, and remove herself from these lives. It would certainly be less stressful in the long run. ]
he does now
altissia
[ ...
So why doesn't she? ]
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[ The thought's left unfinished, unintentionally sent rather than deleted, and if this were communicated on a phone he could throw across the room, take out some portion of his frustration on, he might be tempted to. But all he can do is curl a fist, teeth grit as his eyes shut and he welcomes a second of darkness.
All it takes is a mental image of damaged, white eyes with a pearly unseeing gaze for his to open again, feeling nauseated. Ignis... fuck, Ignis, why the fuck is all of this happening? ]
How did it happen, do you know?
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[ It's the truth, and a convenient one at that. No part of her relishes having to tell him personal and intimate details about someone else. ]
ran into you guys at tenebrae a few weeks after altissia fell
four eyes
[ WAIT THAT WAS DUMB SHE TAKES IT BACK
except you can't take back words in this platform, or Aranea simply doesn't know how, so it's just... there.
Forever. ]
ignis said it was just a flesh wound
figured that was all i needed to know
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Aranea
Is there anything else? Anything
like that. Anything else that I don't know.
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[ Nothing that affects their world or his life. ]
look i dunno how it happened but
prompto got separated from the rest of you all for a bit
i found him near Niflheim after meeting you in Tenebrae and he was really messed up
[ She means emotionally, but she's not thinking about how it sounds. She's merely trying to - what? Fix it. Tidy up. Something.
(It's exhausting.) ]
try to go easy on him
remember who your real friends are
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I remember who my real friends are. That's the point.
[ It wouldn't sting as much otherwise, really. ]
I know about his time in Niflheim, and everything else. He told me about it.
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[ Having said all she needs to say, Aranea is ready to exit the conversation. ]
anything else?
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[ please..... ]
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yeah, he's fine
[ What a charming way to answer that. ]
in fact, out of all of you
i'd say he was doing the best
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Hey, for what it's worth, thanks. For having my back and for all of this. You didn't have to.
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yeah
no prob
[ She's never been amazing at being graceful in the face of sentiment. In fact, it wouldn't be a stretch to call her awkward, as she attempts to mask it with casual, quick words.
With that, she ends the chat from her end. ]