He let out a slow breath. "Yeah. That's what I'll keep telling myself."

Unfortunately, the story didn't end there and he too was facing a crisis that was hopefully only going to be temporary - and it would, but it would be so much longer than he thought. So much longer than he hoped.

All of that was in the future.

"At least I've seen everyone here." Prompto offered with slight cheer, even though that meant at home someone was missing. Someone important, in his opinion.