[Thankfully she was already well aware that you were, in fact, a huge nerd. And yet, for reasons even she doesn't understand, she likes you anyway.

Until he ask that and her first instinct is to answer that yes, of course. She's fine. All she needed was some sleep and a shower. Some fresh clothes and a hot meal. Everything is totally fine and in the past.

Two, perhaps three days in the past. At most. And suddenly it's so difficult to lie. To put on the very brave face that she wears every single day of her life, in front of every single person she meets. Noctis had always been someone with who she felt she could share those thoughts and secrets. Their notes and letters had been a light in her life, his quiet support always there for her when she needed it most.

And she needed it more than ever right now.]

I know that I should tell you I am. And I suppose for the most part I'm alright. It has been so long since I have slept that well. Or for that long. And I am with you. I could ask for nothing better. But -

[But there were people who were not here who should be.]

I keep thinking of Nyx. And the future he said he wanted. Of your father. In that way, I'm very much not alright.