[ Ideas? About why the Sheriff told-- her friend? Xion's frowning in curiosity, but then Noctis shifts the conversation, and also their actual position. She follows willingly, taking a seat and tucking her legs up beside her as she cups her mug in both her hands and listens attentively.

The admission that he's royalty produces a look of surprise, though maybe not for the reason he might expect. Noctis is ... a prince? So he, like ... leads people? It's a strange concept to wrap her head around, since the only leader she's ever known in her life was .... well, she's not going to think about that right now. Instead she listens, a look of sympathy creeping up on her without her realizing it.

I can't let them down.

Xion bows her head, staring down into her cocoa. She's not smiling, but her expression is gentle. But a real, if tiny, smile does tug at her lips once she looks up and meets his eyes. ]

Riku. It was Riku. He's ... the boy with silver hair. The one I told you about the day we met.

[ There's two admissions tucked into that: one, that her informant was Riku. And two, if Noctis remembers ... that she and Riku are actually from the same world, given that she was looking for him on the day they all arrived. ]

He's nice, and he wants to help protect everyone here as much as I do. I'm sure he'll help you. You can tell him I told you, and that it's okay if he talks to you.

[ Xion smiles a little wider. ] Thanks for telling me, Noctis. I was pretty sure I already trusted you, but ... I wanted to be positive.