[If only Ardyn could manage to look stolid in return, perhaps it'd be more comforting to Prompto than his usual flippant look, a smile worn thin, as if he's doing nothing more than humoring the boy.

And so, a shrug as he releases the man's shoulder. Already he's dismissing this as a mission completed, and that his presence surely isn't needed any longer.]

I only wish to make certain. I know it may be jarring, being the one doing the capturing for a change.

[Why he gotta be a jerk about it tho.

And so Ardyn will just turn around, already beginning to saunter away. He waves a hand a bit dismissively as he goes.]

Until the next time we are unduly forced to work together, Prompto.