[ Long enough that it takes some thought. There'd been no time, after the crystal had taken Noctis; Aranea had kindly come to their assistance, as she was wont to do, but the travel time that might have been a quiet moment was too occupied with contacting their allies. Then they'd arrived and there'd been so much to do that he's been running on Ebony -- Gladio had all but slapped the last can out of his shaking hand growling that it was not a substitute for sleep, a situation that could have turned nasty had Iris (sweet, wonderful Iris) not bullied her brother and Prompto upstairs. "You too, Iggy. Soon," she'd said, and he didn't need his sight to feel the ferocity of her stare. For all her youth and her small stature, she is an Amicitia through and through.
He doesn't imagine Aranea will consider being knocked unconscious by Ardyn's magic to qualify as rest. Best not to mention it. ]
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[ Long enough that it takes some thought. There'd been no time, after the crystal had taken Noctis; Aranea had kindly come to their assistance, as she was wont to do, but the travel time that might have been a quiet moment was too occupied with contacting their allies. Then they'd arrived and there'd been so much to do that he's been running on Ebony -- Gladio had all but slapped the last can out of his shaking hand growling that it was not a substitute for sleep, a situation that could have turned nasty had Iris (sweet, wonderful Iris) not bullied her brother and Prompto upstairs. "You too, Iggy. Soon," she'd said, and he didn't need his sight to feel the ferocity of her stare. For all her youth and her small stature, she is an Amicitia through and through.
He doesn't imagine Aranea will consider being knocked unconscious by Ardyn's magic to qualify as rest. Best not to mention it. ]
There's a lot to do.