"It's better that way that crystals like mine don't exist, although it's a bit unfair others can't experience magic," Ardbert shrugs. "The Source's people are far more powerful than us. It's amazing some of the things they can do, honestly. They've got soul crystals that allow them to learn through... I suppose absorbing memories etched in the crystal? At least, I think that's how it works. All the theoretical stuff isn't my strong suit."

Ardbert pulls his axe off his back and grins to Noctis. "But this is."

He'll start trotting on ahead a bit, trying to pinpoint where he sensed the beasts ahead of them.

((I almost typed "ass off his back" and that would have been a FAR different reply.))