(noctis is able to stay calm when questioned. his ward, however, isn't.)
Do I know you? (jonas demands, voice easily cutting through the wind when raised.) Yeah, I'm asking you! Don't act like I know everything you're capable of, I'mβwhat the hell am I supposed toβ
(the panting breaths have returned, and jonas seals them off with two hands over his mouth. they're forced to slow through his nose, and the fight in him seems to be strained out with them. it's never been this difficult to string a thought together, in his head or aloud.
while noctis follows the rope to its end, jonas takes the moment of downtime to calm himself down until his next words, less incendiary, come out wobbling.)
I don't. I don't trust you, so please just pick me up. Get it over with and I'll be... "happy." I'll defer to your expertise after that or... whatever you want. God.
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Do I know you? (jonas demands, voice easily cutting through the wind when raised.) Yeah, I'm asking you! Don't act like I know everything you're capable of, I'mβwhat the hell am I supposed toβ
(the panting breaths have returned, and jonas seals them off with two hands over his mouth. they're forced to slow through his nose, and the fight in him seems to be strained out with them. it's never been this difficult to string a thought together, in his head or aloud.
while noctis follows the rope to its end, jonas takes the moment of downtime to calm himself down until his next words, less incendiary, come out wobbling.)
I don't. I don't trust you, so please just pick me up. Get it over with and I'll be... "happy." I'll defer to your expertise after that or... whatever you want. God.