Oh, yes. I'm very well learned of how many duties you abandoned just to give us... [Even under a higher influence, Ignis has to take a deep breath to sound several degrees less sarcastic than originally intended.] ... the pleasure of your company. It's a shame I didn't prepare a meal before it was revealed to us.

[He doesn't really recall Ardyn eating or sleeping during that trip, come to think of it... But he holds his tongue on that, instead opting to move to the back of the building to distribute the pans and ingredients, alongside a stove that overlooked tables and chairs. It must have been an old restaurant with conviently preserved storage, but enough dust to make the man cough when he wipes the counter.]

You must be terribly bored in a cave, Chancellor. Tell me, have you been keeping yourself entertained like I remember?