[Gold eyes hesitantly looked up at the pull on his hand, Ardyn making some attempt not to look away or just hide underwater.]

Overthinking-...yes, that might be the case. I only—I know well that the scourge itself is certainly nothing to trifle with, and I would not wish any of you to hate and fear it in a place otherwise blessedly free of such a plague. I’ve not even dared speak about this to Noctis, I don’t know what he might think or what I’ve not yet done to him he might be reminded of by my own carelessness.