[He really can't take this anymore. His heart's wrung and twisted so tightly it's starting to tear, fibers snapping like the loose threads around his cut sleeves. Maybe it's not his heart, maybe it's him. Maybe he's always been this slender and breakable.]
I--Ardyn was right there, and, I-I could've killed him and Noct would be...! [Free, finally, safe, at least from this, at least from one person in a world that did nothing but strike him down, over and over and over.] If I'd been a little faster, or--or braver, or--and why couldn't I hear anything, why couldn't I help you and Chitose, o-or stop whoever hit Miki's door...
[He has to gulp for air between his words and his crying. He can't even see right now past his tears, what does he think he can do?]
Why can't I ever stop these things from happening?! Wh... why can't I protect anyone I care about, when they're--and I'm just--
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[He really can't take this anymore. His heart's wrung and twisted so tightly it's starting to tear, fibers snapping like the loose threads around his cut sleeves. Maybe it's not his heart, maybe it's him. Maybe he's always been this slender and breakable.]
I--Ardyn was right there, and, I-I could've killed him and Noct would be...! [Free, finally, safe, at least from this, at least from one person in a world that did nothing but strike him down, over and over and over.] If I'd been a little faster, or--or braver, or--and why couldn't I hear anything, why couldn't I help you and Chitose, o-or stop whoever hit Miki's door...
[He has to gulp for air between his words and his crying. He can't even see right now past his tears, what does he think he can do?]
Why can't I ever stop these things from happening?! Wh... why can't I protect anyone I care about, when they're--and I'm just--
[Without Noct, he's nothing.]