[ .. stare into the fire and ignore the girl?? ice her out, is that it? don't try to play hard to get prompto it won't work for you bud. ]

It's.. well, I don't have any other siblings, so it's the only thing I've ever known, but -

[ she smiles wryly and shakes her head, sighing heavily. ]

I love him dearly, but the comparisons get very tiring. Since we were very young we were always expected to.. compete, I suppose. To challenge one another.

[ and in nearly everything alphinaud is a hair ahead of her, easily dismissed by anyone else of course, but a perpetual thorn in alisaie's side. it doesn't help that he can be a bit of a smug little shit sometimes. ]

And he's incredibly smart and talented, so sometimes it feels exhausting to try to keep up with him.