Noctis accepted Prompto's embrace and gladly returned it. It felt like he had been gone forever. For all he knew he had been. He pulled away at arm's length to answer his friend's question. "No. I honestly didn't expect anyone to be here. I thought this was something manifested by The Crystal."

Sure, everything felt like a dream, except for Prompto's hug. That felt real enough to him. "I'm starting to think this doesn't have anything to do with it at all, though."