[There was so much running through his head that it somehow evened out to white noise like rushing water and pounding rain, like the rumbling of a tremendous magitek engine roaring to life beneath the snow and-]
[-and that was Ardyn, crossing so far into 'not okay' in a matter of seconds that he came out the other side dangerously quiet. He stood up without a word, turned perhaps a little shakily, and walked out of the room with Luscinia following barely a second behind him after leaving her perch on the back of a chair.]
second investigation
[-and that was Ardyn, crossing so far into 'not okay' in a matter of seconds that he came out the other side dangerously quiet. He stood up without a word, turned perhaps a little shakily, and walked out of the room with Luscinia following barely a second behind him after leaving her perch on the back of a chair.]