[ The silent type, he guesses. Not that it's a bother, Noctis isn't the most talkative person in the universe, either. The guy's get-up looks a little too odd to be a school uniform, but he doesn't know if he should bring it up or not. He hadn't been looking to interrogate anyone when he'd come this far out here, more concerned with finding a decent fishing spot, but the quiet is also a little difficult to stomach after having been surrounded by the chattering of his friends back home for weeks. He's sorely missing them now as he listens to ever twig snap and rustle of their foot steps trudging over the forest terrain.

It only takes a few minutes before he tries to search for something else to say just to fill the void. ]

I take it you've been here for a while... this is already loads better than the last place.

[ No one trying to eat him for one thing, and he actually got a nice bed to sleep in. It's definitely been too long since he's come across anything remotely resembling luxury. ]

They're also more advanced...

[ His face falls a bit, suddenly recalling the mentions of magitek originating from here. It still doesn't entirely sit well with him, hoping he's not involved in some elaborate Niflheim trap, but no one's even so much as mentioned them since he arrived. The whole set-up is baffling to him. ]

Do you think the cats really came up with all this?