Zidane had done the best he could, really, with trying to keep Garnet...stable? As she broke down throughout the day. He couldn't blame her really, Vayne had been her friend, even if Zidane hadn't liked him...but even if they hadn't been friends, seeing him just die like that would be hard on anyone.

So for a long time he had held her, until she'd stopped shaking and was just sitting, and then he'd left the room for a short while to tell the Regent that she had finally calmed down, though she probably wouldn't want visitors for a few hours. And when he'd come back and she was just...sitting there...he'd moved to sit on the edge of the strange window the room had, watching the water passing by beneath them.

It wasn't until he heard the faint sound of metal on wood that he turned to look at her, hauling himself up from the window. "Hey."