Prompto's smile softened a little bit more, especially as he kind of figured Liz would ask, and now he just had to figure out how to explain it to her. He hadn't told his story to many people at all; not even Noctis knew about it. But he had a feeling Liz would really appreciate it, and it would be kind of nice to tell her, besides.
"Well," he started, "it happened a while ago, back when I was a kid, before high school, definitely before Fandom. I was out with my camera, taking some pictures, you know how it is," a big grin there because, duh, of course she did, "when I heard this small sound, this little gentle whimpering, from off the side of the road. I went to go investigate, and there was the smollest little precious puppy all curled up and crying out in pain because it had been injured."
He paused a moment for a bite, swallowed it down, and continued after a swig of coffee.
"Anyway," he continued, "you know me, I couldn't just leave the poor thing there, so I picked her up, took her home, cleaned her up and bandaged her wounds, and just kind of...adopted her, I guess. I named her Tiny, because she was so smol," he never had been very good at names, really, "and she was my entire world for a while. I almost didn't want to find out who she belonged to, because she was kind of all I had..."
Another softening of his smile, as if realizing that Lunafreya and Noctis' wedding meant probably getting to see this dog again, too.
"But, one day, Tiny just....disappeared. She just left, and I was devastated, but somehow I knew she was okay, that she left because she was strong enough and it was time to go find her real home. Well, it turned out that Tiny wasn't Tiny at all, but Pryna, one of Lady Lunafreya's dogs! I still don't know how she traced it back to me, but she sent me a letter thanking me for all I'd done to help her dog and that she'd be forever grateful."
Excuse a moment of blushing fiercely with pride at that.
"She also said, though, that she knew I went to the same school as the prince and had a special request for me: to befriend him, since she feared he didn't make a log of friends. And, I mean, that was a huuuuge ask! You...you remember, right, how I was, from that weekend? When we were younger? How, uh....different," sure! That was a way to put it, "I was from how I am now...I couldn't be friends with the prince! Not the way I was then!
"So I started eating better, and working out, and working pm being more social, because I didn't want to disappoint her, you know? And then, finally, a few years later, I finally did it. I finally went up to Noctis and I introduced myself, and do you know what he said? Liz, he said, 'I know who you are.' He recognized me. Prince Noctis Lucis Caelum knew who I was! I was stunned. And he and I have been best friends ever since..."
He chuckled a little, shaking his head and marveling at the wild journeys that got him to the presence. "All because of a tiny little puppy and the princess she belong to. It's almost like a fairy tale; it happened to me, and I still sometimes can't even believe it!"
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"Well," he started, "it happened a while ago, back when I was a kid, before high school, definitely before Fandom. I was out with my camera, taking some pictures, you know how it is," a big grin there because, duh, of course she did, "when I heard this small sound, this little gentle whimpering, from off the side of the road. I went to go investigate, and there was the smollest little precious puppy all curled up and crying out in pain because it had been injured."
He paused a moment for a bite, swallowed it down, and continued after a swig of coffee.
"Anyway," he continued, "you know me, I couldn't just leave the poor thing there, so I picked her up, took her home, cleaned her up and bandaged her wounds, and just kind of...adopted her, I guess. I named her Tiny, because she was so smol," he never had been very good at names, really, "and she was my entire world for a while. I almost didn't want to find out who she belonged to, because she was kind of all I had..."
Another softening of his smile, as if realizing that Lunafreya and Noctis' wedding meant probably getting to see this dog again, too.
"But, one day, Tiny just....disappeared. She just left, and I was devastated, but somehow I knew she was okay, that she left because she was strong enough and it was time to go find her real home. Well, it turned out that Tiny wasn't Tiny at all, but Pryna, one of Lady Lunafreya's dogs! I still don't know how she traced it back to me, but she sent me a letter thanking me for all I'd done to help her dog and that she'd be forever grateful."
Excuse a moment of blushing fiercely with pride at that.
"She also said, though, that she knew I went to the same school as the prince and had a special request for me: to befriend him, since she feared he didn't make a log of friends. And, I mean, that was a huuuuge ask! You...you remember, right, how I was, from that weekend? When we were younger? How, uh....different," sure! That was a way to put it, "I was from how I am now...I couldn't be friends with the prince! Not the way I was then!
"So I started eating better, and working out, and working pm being more social, because I didn't want to disappoint her, you know? And then, finally, a few years later, I finally did it. I finally went up to Noctis and I introduced myself, and do you know what he said? Liz, he said, 'I know who you are.' He recognized me. Prince Noctis Lucis Caelum knew who I was! I was stunned. And he and I have been best friends ever since..."
He chuckled a little, shaking his head and marveling at the wild journeys that got him to the presence. "All because of a tiny little puppy and the princess she belong to. It's almost like a fairy tale; it happened to me, and I still sometimes can't even believe it!"