I know, Regis. I was a parent myself, if you'll recall.
But this isn't about what I would have done or not done. It's about your son, who was too young to remember his mother when she passed - who first experienced grief in losing both his father and his home in one swoop.
[There's the sound of Izunia shifting his weight to cross his arms.]
It's not about the Chosen King, or the Prophecy, Regis. It's never been that simple - not between my brother and I, and not between you and Noctis. You know as well as I.
[There's more he can say in answer - that Ardyn Izunia, for all his loathing of the Chosen King, served as much as his guide as did the Oracle or Gentiana. That the Chancellor of Niflheim would have ensured Noctis' survival one way or another, in order to ensure his own demise. Izunia believes that much, at least, down to his bones - that if nothing else, Noctis' death in the fall of Insomnia would not have satisfied his brother's need for revenge.
But that is a thread of discussion they can return to later, if need be.]
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But this isn't about what I would have done or not done. It's about your son, who was too young to remember his mother when she passed - who first experienced grief in losing both his father and his home in one swoop.
[There's the sound of Izunia shifting his weight to cross his arms.]
It's not about the Chosen King, or the Prophecy, Regis. It's never been that simple - not between my brother and I, and not between you and Noctis. You know as well as I.
[There's more he can say in answer - that Ardyn Izunia, for all his loathing of the Chosen King, served as much as his guide as did the Oracle or Gentiana. That the Chancellor of Niflheim would have ensured Noctis' survival one way or another, in order to ensure his own demise. Izunia believes that much, at least, down to his bones - that if nothing else, Noctis' death in the fall of Insomnia would not have satisfied his brother's need for revenge.
But that is a thread of discussion they can return to later, if need be.]