[That... is a good question, and a personal one at the same time. He'd be as likely to brush it off if she wasn't looking at him with such hopeful sincerity, which is enough to get him to reconsider his reply.]
I guess... it's that he always made me feel safe. Like when the Regalia drove up at the Citadel to bring him home, or when I saw him and he looked at me, even if I was mad at him for something or acting like a brat, I still thought... Dad's here. So whatever was going on, no matter how bad it was, he'd make things better somehow.
[It's not like that feeling has worn off now that he's an adult. He'd shied away from asking sometimes, but his father is still one of the first people he turns to when he needs advice, aside from the things that only Ardyn knows about. And any time he's needed it, his father has been there for him. He still sucks at expressing it, but there's no denying how much he feels safer still, in the man's presence. Even something as simple as sitting in the Regalia had done wonders for his mental state when he'd returned from his coma and had to face his fate.]
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[That... is a good question, and a personal one at the same time. He'd be as likely to brush it off if she wasn't looking at him with such hopeful sincerity, which is enough to get him to reconsider his reply.]
I guess... it's that he always made me feel safe. Like when the Regalia drove up at the Citadel to bring him home, or when I saw him and he looked at me, even if I was mad at him for something or acting like a brat, I still thought... Dad's here. So whatever was going on, no matter how bad it was, he'd make things better somehow.
[It's not like that feeling has worn off now that he's an adult. He'd shied away from asking sometimes, but his father is still one of the first people he turns to when he needs advice, aside from the things that only Ardyn knows about. And any time he's needed it, his father has been there for him. He still sucks at expressing it, but there's no denying how much he feels safer still, in the man's presence. Even something as simple as sitting in the Regalia had done wonders for his mental state when he'd returned from his coma and had to face his fate.]