He listens without comment and gestures impatiently for her to continue when she stops. It's not a surprise to hear the Final Days depicted on some cave walls - by context, he assumes in a Ronkan ruin. It is more of a surprise to hear that such a depiction survived all the centuries the First has seen.

But what truly throws him is the conclusion: where she fails his expectations. He remembers harbouring some hope of the Warrior being strong enough to hold the immense burden of Light. It had been a plan in its infancy, not yet solidified as he had watched the conflict between Eulmore and the Crystarium play out - to no end now, he supposes.

And to think that he would invite her down there... To his recreation of a dead city. His home...

"...Well," he says finally. He can't decide if he's upset or angry or resigned. "Well, at least I died in a familiar place."

Bitter. He's bitter.