[he seems to get some sense of what he's saying, and so, instead, just grins and shrugs his shoulders.]

Everyone's here for a fun party. I don't blame them, I wouldn't wanna miss out on a party thrown by Hideki either. It's all everyone'll talk about for weeks before the next cool thing comes around.

[it's most people's dream, but prompto has never had a dreams (that he can remember) until he came here. besides, his feet have always been so, so heavy, anchored to the ground, never having any wings to push up.]

[he wishes he were in a cheap hotel with his friends, terrified and hiding behind gladio because of a spider in the bathroom, concerned over why the sheets smelled the way they did and getting dared to wrap them around himself for a few minutes, having a violent pillow fight until ignis walked in with a disapproving face.]

[it'd beat this kind of party a hundred times over, with too many people he can't put a name to, boosting himself into a sense of fun through liquid courage.]

But— it's pretty great!

[how about not being a downer in his own birthday?? closing his eyes, he finishes up the rest of the water on the glass]

—phew!