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After answering the man, Noctis continued walking towards the back of the village. Closer to the forest as the evening went darker and darker.
Thinking back to it, he had a faint impression of the man that had spoken up, coincidentally.
Not anything pleasant but as one of the assailants from his recently uncovered memories.
He himself didn't show any reaction, it was too far removed from the current him, but from the change in the facial contour of the assailant, it seemed it wasn't mutual.
If he had seen his face and remembered the incident, it could explain why he didn't look very joyed from the discovery.
While moving steadily he noticed from the corner of his eyes, the expression of terror slowly spreading from the man that had asked, to the whole group sitting together.
The curiosity that had gradually become caution now featured a malicious distaste.
The assailant spoke to the man in hushed voices as the group kept staring at his back.
