[ Basch doesn't quite know, but he also does, and he hopes in a way to also soothe it. A year has given him much opportunity to see the way Lord Larsa grieves, and to understand, to some extent, how much the two of them meant for each other.

Which is why that answer makes his lips purse a touch. ]

'tis not you I need to tell that what the Lord Emperor shows the world and what he feels, betimes, much differ. For him, you have not been replaced.

[ Not to mention for Basch, himself, but details. ]

But aye. Ivalice remains in peace, and so does Archades.