Ignis hesitated, not exactly wanting to get into that particular news before they'd even had drinks, and thought of how best to respond, especially since he hardly wanted to be dishonest with Shane.
"...intense," he decided, with a small, weary sort of sigh. "There's been...talks of a potential treaty, actually, with Niflheim, so I've been locked away in meetings and board rooms in between all my other duties. After centuries of war, I suppose we should be grateful at the prospect of peace, but I think it's only natural that we all have our...doubts that it's a genuine olive branch and that it's not some sort of...trap..."
His frown deepened a moment, especially since he'd rather been hoping to be able to put all of that out of his mind for this increasingly rare evening together, but it lightened back into a congenial smile a moment later.
"But tell me about your mission, first," he said, with genuine interest and not just to step away from his own personal world politics right now, "perhaps with some of this chardonnay to start us out."
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"...intense," he decided, with a small, weary sort of sigh. "There's been...talks of a potential treaty, actually, with Niflheim, so I've been locked away in meetings and board rooms in between all my other duties. After centuries of war, I suppose we should be grateful at the prospect of peace, but I think it's only natural that we all have our...doubts that it's a genuine olive branch and that it's not some sort of...trap..."
His frown deepened a moment, especially since he'd rather been hoping to be able to put all of that out of his mind for this increasingly rare evening together, but it lightened back into a congenial smile a moment later.
"But tell me about your mission, first," he said, with genuine interest and not just to step away from his own personal world politics right now, "perhaps with some of this chardonnay to start us out."