[stop causing him needless worry with it!!]

Yeah. We'll talk about that later—once we're all together.

[it's probably better to not get too much into that part now, not when they'll have to rehash it in a little while anyway.

but noct can't hold back his feelings entirely, which is why after a moment, he almost brokenly speaks again.]

Dammit. [his voice is definitely wavering a bit, try as he might to keep it steady.] The hell happened last night? Why was that idiot even out there?

[obviously, there are concerns about who went after hannibal, and who killed xion too.

but shinnouke is one of theirs. it's different, in every single way, and even if that kid was a pain in the ass...

he was their friend, right?]