“The noble life,” Gladio corrects again. “My family isn’t in the line of succession. That’s important to keep in mind.”
As for Noctis, Gladio… Sighs. He wishes the guy had.
“Well, he got a part time job at a sushi restaurant. Not that he was amazing at it. And he always got the latest video games. Or went to new movies. But the thing is that with families like ours, there can be… Well, parents can act in one of a few ways. You can get the really worthless folk who don’t care about their kids as anything other than heirs and status pieces. You can get the folks that are very invested in their kids and work to instill values and a sense of duty and prepare us for what our name and lineage mean for our country like my Dad and all Amicitias have done for more than a hundred generations, or you can get guys like Noctis’s Dad.”
Gladio sighs and runs his fingers through some of his hair. He always had to walk the line very carefully when talking about Noctis. Because, other than Link, Gladio didn’t think he’d accidentally let people know that Noctis was a king. Noct would hate that, and Gladio got it, he really did.
“Regis… Regis did his best by his son, even when he couldn’t always be there. Tried to give Noctis as normal of a life as he could. Some people said Regis spoiled him, but he just wanted his son to be happy, find his own way, and walk tall. Which was a pretty big thing to try and give someone when we spent our lives so very, very close to war.”
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As for Noctis, Gladio… Sighs. He wishes the guy had.
“Well, he got a part time job at a sushi restaurant. Not that he was amazing at it. And he always got the latest video games. Or went to new movies. But the thing is that with families like ours, there can be… Well, parents can act in one of a few ways. You can get the really worthless folk who don’t care about their kids as anything other than heirs and status pieces. You can get the folks that are very invested in their kids and work to instill values and a sense of duty and prepare us for what our name and lineage mean for our country like my Dad and all Amicitias have done for more than a hundred generations, or you can get guys like Noctis’s Dad.”
Gladio sighs and runs his fingers through some of his hair. He always had to walk the line very carefully when talking about Noctis. Because, other than Link, Gladio didn’t think he’d accidentally let people know that Noctis was a king. Noct would hate that, and Gladio got it, he really did.
“Regis… Regis did his best by his son, even when he couldn’t always be there. Tried to give Noctis as normal of a life as he could. Some people said Regis spoiled him, but he just wanted his son to be happy, find his own way, and walk tall. Which was a pretty big thing to try and give someone when we spent our lives so very, very close to war.”