[ So, none of the others had made it. He had hoped, pehaps, that Lucia had managed to find her way here in the portal with him... Esinien no doubt would have done his best to escape with as many as he could.
The idea of Ishgard falling - especially after taking rule, without him there - doesn't sit well in the slightest. Even if it was something completely out of his control as it appears to be, there's still that twinge of guilt that there was more he could have thought to do.
After a significant pause to process her words, he offers a small (what he hopes to be) reassuring smile. ]
... It seems we might both be a bit out of our breadth, my friend.
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The idea of Ishgard falling - especially after taking rule, without him there - doesn't sit well in the slightest. Even if it was something completely out of his control as it appears to be, there's still that twinge of guilt that there was more he could have thought to do.
After a significant pause to process her words, he offers a small (what he hopes to be) reassuring smile. ]
... It seems we might both be a bit out of our breadth, my friend.