[He'd be lying if he said he hadn't considered possibilities. Even assuming the 'final season' wasn't what might happen when the network finally caught up to them...there were more than enough other alternatives to consider. Ravus had occurred to him once or twice, as did Aranea. Admittedly, he almost pitied anyone stupid enough to cross Gilgamesh or Vandeae, but--]
[...there was still one faint and distant possibility that bothered Ardyn every single time it presented itself at the back of his mind. It wasn't likely, it surely wouldn't happen with how far back they would have to reach, but-]
... [He seemed to have forgotten that conversations usually involved two people speaking, having fallen silent with a blankly distant look on his face.]
[ He's so caught up in his own thoughts that the silence doesn't register. When he finally drags himself out of his head, he realizes Ardyn's sort of. Staring off into literal space. ]
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[...there was still one faint and distant possibility that bothered Ardyn every single time it presented itself at the back of his mind. It wasn't likely, it surely wouldn't happen with how far back they would have to reach, but-]
... [He seemed to have forgotten that conversations usually involved two people speaking, having fallen silent with a blankly distant look on his face.]
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... Ardyn.
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[Right, this was hardly the time to get lost in his own head. (Again.) He wasn't of much use to anyone like that.]
...Sorry, I'm alright.
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[ Except he doesn't believe him for a second. ]
You need anything?
[ noctis you should worry about yourself for once, jesus christ ]
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I'll be fine. I was just...thinking. Should really stop doing that.