[He'd already lied once, hidden the truth of Altissia and stayed silent about all that he'd known a decade in advance. Could he really stand to continue on like this and do it again? Conceal his real thoughts from Noctis of all people, even if it meant troubling him in the process? Duty and necessity clashed in a way that forced even more tension on an already tense situation, and did Ignis of all people have any right to burden anyone with his own thoughts on the matter? Especially Noctis, who he'd dedicated his life to protecting, when he would sooner set himself alight than allow his king to suffer?]
[But in the end, that strained note finally broke him and something honest left Ignis in a quiet whisper before he could pull it back and lock it with the rest of his uncertainty.]
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[He'd already lied once, hidden the truth of Altissia and stayed silent about all that he'd known a decade in advance. Could he really stand to continue on like this and do it again? Conceal his real thoughts from Noctis of all people, even if it meant troubling him in the process? Duty and necessity clashed in a way that forced even more tension on an already tense situation, and did Ignis of all people have any right to burden anyone with his own thoughts on the matter? Especially Noctis, who he'd dedicated his life to protecting, when he would sooner set himself alight than allow his king to suffer?]
[But in the end, that strained note finally broke him and something honest left Ignis in a quiet whisper before he could pull it back and lock it with the rest of his uncertainty.]
...I don't know that we can win this time, Noct.