People like us, we're not good at making friends, are we? I know I never felt I needed more than Noctis, though later Gladio and Prompto did join that number.

[Being so focused on duty makes it so one doesn't have the time or the inclination to learn people as well as they should. Ignis is lucky that he's always been naturally inclined to care for others, otherwise he would be as bad as Asch when it comes to knowing how to deal with people. After all, one can only learn so much about dealing with people from books.

Ignis can't help but be startled by one part of Asch's answer, though.]

Wait, she was your first cousin? Isn't that a little...?

[Ignis gestures with one hand to finish off the statement. Yes, he knows how 'interconnected' royal lines can be, but marrying two who are that close makes him very uneasy.]