[He rolled his eyes, but his lip curled at the edge indicating this reaction wasn't meant to be taken too seriously.]

'Refined'.. but whatever.

[Alright, letting some of the humor go.]

We were. I don't want you to worry about anything. I'm really happy with Gladio and I would never do anything to harm what you and Ignis have here. Plus, he's not.. they're different- I'm getting off track- my point is, watching him walk away was really hard. It tore me up for quite a while and when I think about it, it still hurts. It doesn't have anything to do with my relationship with Gladio either.

But how would it feel if Ignis really did leave tomorrow? Is it going to hurt any less because you didn't say it?