[Camilla...she listens, for what it's worth. Chidi and she would likely not get along, really, but as she listens, what originally starts as a bit of a harsh expression winds up softening just a touch.

It's...not an inaccurate assessment, really, and she can't really find it in herself to chide too harshly.]

...Don't see too much of yourself in him. I've no doubts that if he's truly this devoted, he could be ordered to use such things to his advantage.

[It's. It's probably the nicest way of saying "for fuck's sake, stop sympathizing with him".]

But...no, I think that is understandable. His situation is a rather terrible one, where he's wound so tightly that he'll do anything he's told...it does complicate matters quite a bit.

Ignis may have a point, however. If it isn't empathy or sympathy, perhaps simply the cretin's name will do as a descriptor.

[...that's said a little bit lighter.]