He took a dip in the soup and now he's a little messed up, this actually makes being here in the pit easier. He's definitely going to survive the violence, if only he hadn't gotten swept away alongside his pursuer. They're still here, the dragon that chased him into the wound in the first place. They will not kill him now but he cannot trust them with anything more than his life.

Was offered a place at Xyzia's side, but hesitated, leading to Noctis taking this offer in his stead.

“Beast of depths so much deeper than our own, would you do me the honor of resting by my throne.”

There is no rage in being a lapdog, he would have let them take his place easily. It still hurts when they leave. Noctis was kin after all, even when they were his enemy, but now they are bound by another. The thief of kinship does not care for what blood runs through whose veins, only that it is shed.

Hmmm, there is more of him lore in Ra's story, I need to move it over here.