"Noctis." Zoro reached to push an arm around Noctis' middle, to draw the boy back down onto the seat with him. "I know you don't care about the story. I don't expect you to. But I do expect you to learn how to read," he said with a hard resolve in his tone that suggested that pity wasn't one of the emotions Zoro was experiencing. "Sit down," he told the boy, nuzzling supportively against the side of his neck.