Noctis watches as Nyx absorbs the news and his eyes fill with a heavy understanding that Nyx may not expect.

Nyx holds the door open and calls him *majesty*, and in the moment, it feels natural to Noctis. Before he steps through the door, though, he grips Nyx's arm both to stop him from running ahead and to get his attention.

"Agreed. But first, listen to me." He looks Nyx in the eye, and maybe Nyx sees a bit of Regis there in the way Noctis becomes very serious.

"You should know the full extent of his crimes. I know he was behind the fall of Insomnia. But he was behind a lot more than that, too. The emperor was just his puppet. Ardyn...tricked me into hurting one of my friends, and then kidnapped him. He led us by the nose all the way to the Crystal. Turned Ravus into a monster. And he..."

Noctis swallows, takes a slightly shaky breath, expression filled with pain - but he won't break eye contact. "Ardyn killed Lunafreya."