What the hell happened? He hit his knees when the world spun again but he worked his way over to Ignis, trying to get his eyes to focus on whatever had happened to his friend. He could hear Ignis struggling to breathe and that scared him even more than his own condition, because when he put his hand to Ignis' arm he realized how cold the other felt (without realizing it was him who was burning up). There was a terrible dark something on his neck that didn't come off when his fingers wiped across it, squinting through his blurred vision and the faint light of the haven's center fire. Bruising...?

What the fuck happened? Had something attacked them both? Why couldn't he remember anything of the last- he wasn't even sure how long. For now, all he could do was slowly work Ignis closer to the magical blue fire and collapse behind him, breathing hard himself as he nearly passed back out. "Iggy, I got ya," he whispered, but he knew there was nothing in him to fight right now.