[Ignis took a slow breath, letting it out in a quiet sigh paired with a wry smile.]
...I was six years old when I was made advisor to the crown prince. I swore to guide and protect him, and I accepted that as my purpose without hesitation. Every day since then, all that I have done has been for his benefit whether directly or otherwise. My skill at cooking, my ability as a politician, my combat proficiency--all of it was developed to see that Noct stayed upon the path to becoming a man worth his father's throne.
Everything about the person I am, every single scar I carry, the entire reason Ignis Scientia exists...is because I promised my life in service to Noctis Lucis Caelum. I was too young for there to have ever been someone other than who I am now.
[He paused again, adjusting his glasses. When Ignis found his voice again, it had dropped so as not to be overheard.]
...And then he was just...gone. With me unable to follow, my entire role having been fulfilled in a way I never wished it to be. And I was left here, as if just meant to keep going without any reason to exist.
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...I was six years old when I was made advisor to the crown prince. I swore to guide and protect him, and I accepted that as my purpose without hesitation. Every day since then, all that I have done has been for his benefit whether directly or otherwise. My skill at cooking, my ability as a politician, my combat proficiency--all of it was developed to see that Noct stayed upon the path to becoming a man worth his father's throne.
Everything about the person I am, every single scar I carry, the entire reason Ignis Scientia exists...is because I promised my life in service to Noctis Lucis Caelum. I was too young for there to have ever been someone other than who I am now.
[He paused again, adjusting his glasses. When Ignis found his voice again, it had dropped so as not to be overheard.]
...And then he was just...gone. With me unable to follow, my entire role having been fulfilled in a way I never wished it to be. And I was left here, as if just meant to keep going without any reason to exist.