[He doesn't nod, knowing the other man couldn't see it regardless, but the silence surely holds all the confirmation that any words might have conveyed.
Not speaking of it to anyone has left him only with his own thoughts on the matter, and he has come to the conclusion that the blindness is not the main thing which bothers him. Rather, it's what that blindness will inevitably take away from him when it happens. So much of what he does relies on his sight - how can he possibly expect to continue to operate as he does when he no longer has that vital sense?
He can't, and he did not have the elder version of his closest friend in Hadriel for long enough to ask just how well he would come to cope with the change.
Knowing in Hadriel does nothing, in the end. Once he leaves, there will be no way to change what is bound to come to pass. No matter how much he might wish to, and no matter how much Noctis might wish him to.]
Thank you.
[Simple, soft, and sincere - a departure from his previous over-wordiness.]
At your discretion, of course. Where might I find you, when you have the time?
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Not speaking of it to anyone has left him only with his own thoughts on the matter, and he has come to the conclusion that the blindness is not the main thing which bothers him. Rather, it's what that blindness will inevitably take away from him when it happens. So much of what he does relies on his sight - how can he possibly expect to continue to operate as he does when he no longer has that vital sense?
He can't, and he did not have the elder version of his closest friend in Hadriel for long enough to ask just how well he would come to cope with the change.
Knowing in Hadriel does nothing, in the end. Once he leaves, there will be no way to change what is bound to come to pass. No matter how much he might wish to, and no matter how much Noctis might wish him to.]
Thank you.
[Simple, soft, and sincere - a departure from his previous over-wordiness.]
At your discretion, of course. Where might I find you, when you have the time?