He smiles slightly, wanting to tell his father that Carbuncle has always been there to protect him in his dreams. When he'd been in a coma, it had been Carbuncle who'd lead him out of the maze of his own mind.

Instead, he just laughs as Carbuncle bumps its head up to into Regis' hands, ears twitching under his fingers.

"I mean, you did give me the charm when I was sick. Makes sense that one of them would come with me here, right?" he points out with a grin. "Just watch out; that thunder lizard will start spitting balls of thunder at people it doesn't like."

After a moment of consideration, Noctis speaks up. "I'm thinking maybe I'll try to help people here learn how to fight. I'm not a master like Gladio and Ignis - but that kind of makes me perfect, right? I can be like, the starter instructor."