"It isn't that," Ignis assured him, smiling faintly, to make it easier to spread more warmth into his tone...something he'd never been particularly good at. "It's just been...a lot longer for me. In more than a few ways, a lot of this feels quite a bit like...starting over. I've lost...a lot more than just my vision, these last few years..."

Including what little ability he had to connect with people, especially since those people could just become more to lose.

But that was much more difficult to put into words.