[Prompto pauses, then, and rubs at his palm with his opposite thumb.]
I mean... I did, too. Tell him he sounded like a king, right before I ended up here.
[And if he could, he'd take it back. He'd kick past Prompto in the head before those words could come out of his mouth, before Noct could bend his head for that heavy, metaphorical crown from the last hands that should have given it.]
So as much authority as a humble Crown citizen has, like, yeah, he got the seal of approval from me, too. But someone's gotta treat him like a normal guy, too, you know, or it'll all go to his head. And that person? Is me.
[Time to stubbornly stick to that cheerfulness and not think about how, if they ever leave this place, the kingship will swallow his best friend whole.]
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I mean... I did, too. Tell him he sounded like a king, right before I ended up here.
[And if he could, he'd take it back. He'd kick past Prompto in the head before those words could come out of his mouth, before Noct could bend his head for that heavy, metaphorical crown from the last hands that should have given it.]
So as much authority as a humble Crown citizen has, like, yeah, he got the seal of approval from me, too. But someone's gotta treat him like a normal guy, too, you know, or it'll all go to his head. And that person? Is me.
[Time to stubbornly stick to that cheerfulness and not think about how, if they ever leave this place, the kingship will swallow his best friend whole.]