In the scant few seconds Noctis has to process that yes, Prompto is really here, and yes, Prompto isn't a callous figment of his imagination, and yes, he really is running at him full tilt and it's probably a little too late to get out of the way (not that he wants to), Noctis is hit by a mack truck of boundless energy and unbridled enthusiasm. It's Prompto, very much alive and unhurt, and unfortunately the forward momentum sends them both pitching back onto the relatively forgiving shrub, Noctis stifling a grunt as he catches him.
He feels real, too, and the relief that is set alight in his heart is indescribable. For the past week or so, he'd laboured under the worry that something might have happened to him or Gladio -- Ignis hadn't told him much about either one of them when it came to updates, and seeing him here brings with it a measure of reassurance that he's fine and in one piece. ]
Hey --
[ He's hugging him right back, squeezing tighter than he ought -- don't call that out, he'll deny it to his dying breath -- and he manages a strained: ]
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Oh.
In the scant few seconds Noctis has to process that yes, Prompto is really here, and yes, Prompto isn't a callous figment of his imagination, and yes, he really is running at him full tilt and it's probably a little too late to get out of the way (not that he wants to), Noctis is hit by a mack truck of boundless energy and unbridled enthusiasm. It's Prompto, very much alive and unhurt, and unfortunately the forward momentum sends them both pitching back onto the relatively forgiving shrub, Noctis stifling a grunt as he catches him.
He feels real, too, and the relief that is set alight in his heart is indescribable. For the past week or so, he'd laboured under the worry that something might have happened to him or Gladio -- Ignis hadn't told him much about either one of them when it came to updates, and seeing him here brings with it a measure of reassurance that he's fine and in one piece. ]
Hey --
[ He's hugging him right back, squeezing tighter than he ought -- don't call that out, he'll deny it to his dying breath -- and he manages a strained: ]
Y'came from Altissia too?