[Now Noct is pale as well and feels as if he has no legs, from knees and down. He wishes that that time machine Ignis mentioned last night really exist.]

Yeah... sorry. I. That comment, it just slipped from me. It shouldn't have.

[He shakes his head, but still holds his plate-]

I wasn't going to make any jokes about that. I was just [embarrassed, hoping for something, anything,] trying to actually eat it.

[He did eat all the peas and beans and whatever veggie was in the meal.]