Yeah. And that's why the poisoner-king idea doesn't add up for me, either. He may not have been able to take Akande in a one-on-one fight without his magic, but that doesn't mean he'd be able to come up with some other way to take him down.

He's a physical fighter. He could try to get the jump on him in terrain that'd suit him better--push him down the stairs or something. The method here points to someone more like me: Science. Trap rooms.

Who in Noctis's group thinks most like me?