[He's already wanting to duck out of this conversation. He clenches his teeth hard in his mouth and glances at her again with an almost annoyed expression.]

All his big talk about l'cie and him coming to tell Hope that he can't use that power. It rubs me the wrong way.

I get it. l'cie in his world are devastating powers. Eidolons are devastating. But if someone has the power to protect themselves and others, they should do it.

[And he's irritated because he doesn't have a power like that. Noel feels like an outsider, and that didn't become more clear until the moment Hope and Machina tried to comfort each other about these things.]