[He purses his lips at that, gaze shifting away. She's probably right- about both. Ignis isn't the type to linger on too many regrets, at least not for his own actions. He embodied the Lucian pledge of forging ahead and never looking back better than he ever has. On the other hand, he kind of hated those words. Not fully, of course. They seem so ingrained in the history of their line, practically ancestral, and more importantly they're his father's words. But the idea of never looking back feels too cold, like the past doesn't matter. It does. It matters so much. Even if that isn't the heart of what it means, he still loathes the implication.
He can forge ahead. But if he can't look back, he won't see all the hands pushing him forward, supporting him from behind. That part's important, too. And as for forgiveness...]
I'm still... figuring that part out. Never been much good at it.
[The criticism of others can sting, even when he tries his best to shrug it off. But it only hurts because it often echoes what he's thought of himself already, like his broken bones are shown clear through transparent flesh. Back home, his screw-ups felt more harsh because they affected more people, in the grant scheme of things- wrong calls as a prince meant more than just him could get hurt. Here, though, he only has to answer to himself, and... he's his own worst critic.]
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He can forge ahead. But if he can't look back, he won't see all the hands pushing him forward, supporting him from behind. That part's important, too. And as for forgiveness...]
I'm still... figuring that part out. Never been much good at it.
[The criticism of others can sting, even when he tries his best to shrug it off. But it only hurts because it often echoes what he's thought of himself already, like his broken bones are shown clear through transparent flesh. Back home, his screw-ups felt more harsh because they affected more people, in the grant scheme of things- wrong calls as a prince meant more than just him could get hurt. Here, though, he only has to answer to himself, and... he's his own worst critic.]