Meredith didn't take any offense to the remark; frankly she felt the same way. And it was true that Noctis had even more to be stressed about than usual lately.

"It hasn't been as bad, no, but that was kind of the original point of this." You know, the whole spending an evening with a friend to hopefully give him a little bit of a break from all the everything. "But since that didn't really work out, would it help to talk about it?"

If he was still reeling from whatever it was, maybe it'd help get his thoughts in order. Or at least give him a chance to vent.