Noctis is a little sad Prompto isn't here to see the king - but he's also glad he gets this time with his father, first. Prompto and he had agreed that splitting up to gather information from different people was probably best, and they had each other's contact information on the new phones they'd been provided.

He watches his father carefully. He knows his father has a lot of guilt over leaving Lunafreya behind. That sometimes he wishes he'd scooped her up anyways despite her insistence and taken her to Insomnia. He's not sure what would have changed, but his father thinks it might have made a difference.

Or maybe it wouldn't have; maybe the empire would have come knocking at their doors much earlier than they thought.

The apology, though, has him closing his eyes and exhaling sharply. "She... wasn't the only one, who gave something up to protect me." It hurts, to think of the scars on Ignis' face. "But she was the one who gave her life to keep me alive. And I feel... guilty."