"You're awake, Lunafreya's been asking for you since she woke up herself two days ago, I'll go get her, though it's going to take a little bit of time"

Noctis at hearing that from Ignis fears the worst, that Ignis was blind once more but then saw what Ignis meant when he saw Ignis grab crutches

"You're hurt"

"I should heal up in a few weeks"

"What happened?"

"Ardyn, broke my leg during the fight"

"I see...Specs, did you happen to have help from an MT?"

"Not exactly, it wasn't an MT that gave Lady Lunafreya the Potion but an armored Imperial soldier who didn't say much to me but even if they had their voices were disguised to the point that I wouldn't have recognized them if I had known them"

"Understood, so I guess we're staying here while your leg heals?"

"And then onto Cartanica"

"What about the bases?"

"Not sure Noct, we'll have to make that decision after Cartanica, primarily because of Ulric"

"Staying with us since we're all together huh?"

"Indeed, guess the original plan didn't work out so well"

"Hm...we'll see once we're healed up and at Cartanica"

Noctis is soon reunited with Luna and the two talk about what would happen in the future and then six weeks later head to Cartanica since Ignis' leg had healed up. Noctis was also actually wearing the Ring of Lucii unlike the original timeline, and Nyx and Luna had heard the full story by the time the journey to Cartanica began

"So...Scientia actually was blind the first time you made this journey?"

"Yeah, but he definitely lectured us good after we got the Royal Arm, and developed a new way of fighting when up against the Malboro"

"Hm, still I bet being able to see will make things much easier"

"Indeed"

"What's the plan afterwords?"

"That's something we'll discuss after the Royal Tomb"

"Why are we going there if you already have the weapon?"

"You'll see, it's a two fold mission, not only so that we can get used to you Ulric but there's another reason too and no it's not the Malboro"

"So...is my survival not going to be a secret for much longer?"

"Not sure really, that's something else that needs discussed at Cartanica"

And so the group heads to Cartanica and learns exactly what Noctis was after, it wasn't just a means of getting used to Ulric but also the fact that while he did have the Royal Arm he thought that there might be a lead for the Hunters regarding recent activity in the lower areas but it was a false lead, but it was still nice to deal with the Malboro and the eggs and with Ignis having his sight the battle went much faster

"You know that went much easier than last time"

"I wasn't blind this time around Prompto, and we have three more people with us then last time"

"Yeah speaking of that, what's the deal with Biggs and Wedge?"

"They went ahead to Tenebrae for something, not sure what though, Lunafreya?"

"There's something that I need and I asked them to retrieve it since they know it's location having been guards for me recently, and yes Ulric you may have guarded me as well but you've never been to Tenebrae while they have"

"Understood, so what's the plan?"

"That's what we need to discuss, Ardyn's acting off and yet we still need to go to Gralea, and Luna apparently I still need to enter the crystal"

"But..."

"I think that there's something that will help us change my sacrifice needed, but Prompto I promise I won't attack you when I see Ardyn"

"Thanks for that, but maybe...maybe with the fact that Altissia was delayed we can delay Gralea a little bit"

"No, afraid not, I have a plan but you will have to agree with it, once we regroup with Biggs and Wedge I want Luna and Aranea to meet up with Cor and take care of bases alongside the Hunters, meanwhile Biggs and Wedge will take us as far as they can via the train to Gralea and once they can take us no further I want Ulric to help them escape"

"Nope my men, my responsibility"

"Besides I want to go too"

The group continues to talk and after two days finally all agree that they would all head to Gralea to a point, once the train was stopped Aranea and her two men would head back to Meldacio while the rest continued on and helped Noct reach the crystal and once that happened the rest would escape and reunite with Cor

"Then let's go, but first I think we should personally meet up with Cor and reveal you to him Ulric"

"But...he's some where's in Lucis"

"Nope, found out he's actually in Tenebrae, apparently he got some sort of anonymous tip that he was needed there, and he was, found out recently that he was there"

"You didn't say this earlier Noct"

"Sorry Gladio, quite frankly wasn't sure if Cor should be a surprise or not, decided not ultimately"

"Then why make it sound as if Cor was back in Lucis?"

"Simple, when I say I found out recently I mean I just found out earlier today about this"

"Oh, okay so when you were making your original plans you truly thought he was in Lucis"

"Exactly"

And so the group heads to Tenebrae and they do indeed meet up with Cor there, and Cor was definitely shocked to see Nyx Ulric alive, when asked about how he survived Nyx was evasive as always and so Cor didn't press. But eventually the group separates and while a couple of people head back to Lucis the rest head to Gralea when they are split up again. But once inside Zegnautus keep they get a very, very special surprise, they were fighting one of the daemons when suddenly one of the Imperial soldiers turned on the rest and started fighting alongside the group but finally that particular fight was done