[He may have to wait to explain this in person. It feels like the sort of conversation where he needs to be looking Noct in the eye, and not just through a screen.
So that is what he does: he stays silent, walking the rest of the way until he finds Noct, then kneeling down to the prince's level. It's an odd sensation, speaking to this younger Noct when he's much older]
Noct, you don't believe I care for you simply because it was what your father ordered, do you?
[True he takes his duty to the prince seriously, but that isn't all there is to what he does. And no matter the age, it's important to him that Noct knows this]
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So that is what he does: he stays silent, walking the rest of the way until he finds Noct, then kneeling down to the prince's level. It's an odd sensation, speaking to this younger Noct when he's much older]
Noct, you don't believe I care for you simply because it was what your father ordered, do you?
[True he takes his duty to the prince seriously, but that isn't all there is to what he does. And no matter the age, it's important to him that Noct knows this]