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— NOCTIS LUCIS CAELUM

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One or two, when I pay them to stick around

[ A joke? At his own expense? Growth. ]

W/e you're just saying that to look cool and perceptive or smth. Why the career switch then? Could've followed in his footsteps

[Privately, that comment does earn a subdued hah — but he'll never admit it. You can't make him.]

yeah sure
10 hour days hard manual labor, 6 days a week
sounds fun, dunno what i was thinking

Well when you put it like that ig I could understand

So he was one of the factory workers? Your mom too?

yeah

[we are Uncomfortable now.]

what'd your dad do to get rich? city guard pays that much, or is that something you picked yourself?

[ He hits a wall with that question, but he doesn't want to jeopardize the moment. And that feels... frustrating. That each time he has to manage the possibility of Cain exiting their conversations because he steps wrong. But then it's his fault for continuing with the dynamic, isn't it? ]

Crownsguard pays well. Soldiers that watch the king

[ And that, at least, isn't a lie. ]

My family made their money a long time ago on top of it. It helps

Did your sibling follow your lead or your parents'?

[It feels like Noctis comes from such a strange and foreign world encapsulated in those few words. Kings, royal guards, wealth.

Maybe that's why they don't get along.]

no
did better for themselves

look, i need to get back to it
hope that satisfied some of your curiosity

[ "Themselves"? A sister, a brother, even that part is left a mystery. Still, it feels like progress. For them to end a conversation without disagreement is a step forward, and he's leaving it feeling like he knows the other man better than he did before. ]

Sure np, thx

Gl with the ship, lmk how it turns out