[It helps. Honestly, just having the people he trusts nearby helps.

Dante nods, accepting what it is that Prompto's saying, but he also has to make one quick adjustment. One detail he can't let go unsaid.]

The other me... he was hurting too. [One hand comes up to his heart, remembering the way he'd felt in his memories.] Even after he lost his heart, he... he wanted to be sure his friends were okay. Even the one he'd been fighting.

It isn't him I'm afraid of. It's... whatever was controlling him, whatever took over him when he lost his heart. I'm scared one day I'm gonna wake up and it'll be inside me too.

[But Prompto's right. He's right. Dante closes his eyes, taking a deep breath and releasing it (and ignoring the way his entire body seems to shiver with tension), then nods again.]

But you're right. I know I can trust you guys, no matter what happens.

It won't happen again. We won't let it.

[We. Because while he doesn't trust himself to be able to control all this, no matter how much he'd like to, he does trust his friends. Prompto and Ardyn and Grell and Togusa... with their help, he won't lose. They'll all make sure of it.]

Thanks, Prompto. That means a lot.