[Noctis can only shake his head, finding it difficult to meet Prompto's gaze.]
I don't know how. There's no time... this is what everyone's been working towards, for 2000 years. What else are we supposed to do?
[He so badly wishes there was another option, some alternate path to be taken, but what could there be? It's out of his hands. He's trapped in the crystal for a decade, and when he comes out, the world will have suffered in darkness that whole time. He can't just leave it like that because he wants to live, when so many more could die while they wander around searching for answers. And Ardyn would never allow it. He'd find new ways to make them all suffer until Noctis finally caved and sought him out to finish the job. Every way he looks at it, he can do absolutely nothing, and it hurts to hope for anything better.]
...I... I'm sorry, Prompto. This isn't what I wanted.
[Not to share this, not to leave him. Not to end their journey in death and even more separation.]
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I don't know how. There's no time... this is what everyone's been working towards, for 2000 years. What else are we supposed to do?
[He so badly wishes there was another option, some alternate path to be taken, but what could there be? It's out of his hands. He's trapped in the crystal for a decade, and when he comes out, the world will have suffered in darkness that whole time. He can't just leave it like that because he wants to live, when so many more could die while they wander around searching for answers. And Ardyn would never allow it. He'd find new ways to make them all suffer until Noctis finally caved and sought him out to finish the job. Every way he looks at it, he can do absolutely nothing, and it hurts to hope for anything better.]
...I... I'm sorry, Prompto. This isn't what I wanted.
[Not to share this, not to leave him. Not to end their journey in death and even more separation.]