[to that, he can nod in understanding—it's different than anything he knows, but it's not particularly difficult to understand.]

Can't argue that. Definitely wasn't expecting this to end in me being one of these... Great Spirits at all.

[but it's a responsibility he can accept. ten years ago, that would have been a difficult thing to accept, but here and now? it's much easier for him. just like it's easy to claps her hands and lace their fingers together, and how easy it is for him to smile at her this way—it's pretty easy for noctis to accept this responsibility, even if it's something entirely new for him.]

It is what it is, though. Not gonna say I have any complaints about it, either.