[Regrets are the most painful consequences of memory. Markus knows how cleanly they cut, and how easy it is to apply them to the past, unearthing all the what ifs. What if I had been better, what if I had made different decisions. And in Noctis’ case, what if he had spent more time with his father — would the loss be more bearable?
And that, he knows, is the inherent issue. It wouldn’t be.
Yet the android almost feels like a hypocrite when he says—] You can’t do that to yourself, Noctis. You can’t punish yourself for not having the foresight to expect tragedy that no one should ever have to consider.
[Letting that settle, Markus won’t push the subject further unless Noctis decides to pick up this thread of the conversation himself. Instead, the young man mentions Carl, and Markus only nods.]
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And that, he knows, is the inherent issue. It wouldn’t be.
Yet the android almost feels like a hypocrite when he says—] You can’t do that to yourself, Noctis. You can’t punish yourself for not having the foresight to expect tragedy that no one should ever have to consider.
[Letting that settle, Markus won’t push the subject further unless Noctis decides to pick up this thread of the conversation himself. Instead, the young man mentions Carl, and Markus only nods.]
What kind of questions did you want to ask?