[ She moves back to her pillow, and he's not quite ready to relinquish their close proximity just yet, so he scoots just close enough that he can lay his head next to hers on her pillow. His nose just brushes her cheek as he turns his head. ]

I dunno. I never really thought fate would worry about a guy like me, but...

[ What else could it have been? Surely not just coincidence. He was the only child rescued from Niflheim's magitek research facility, and that seemed impossible enough. But that he'd go on to befriend the prince of Lucis...

It's kinda nice to call it fate, you know? ]

Gladio and Iggy both knew Noct waaay longer than I have. Gladio's familiy - the Amicitias - have always kinda been the sworn protectors of the royalty of Lucis. The King's Shield, they'd call him. [ And for what a musclebound giant Gladio is, that should hardly be surprising. ] Meanwhile, Iggy was kiiind of his babysitter. Not in a bad way, though. [ MOST OF THE TIME. ] Noct really needed someone like him around to keep him in line. I definitely wasn't the man for that job.

[ If anything, he only encouraged Noct's bad habits. Sorry, Iggy... ]