I wasn't sure it was real, but I think you've confirmed it. And what reason would the Oracle have had to give me a lie?

[He doesn't know that this probably explains a great many things about his own behavior in Prompto's time. He just feels like a damn wreck because it's fresh for Ignis still, and now it's confirmed. It was a prophecy.]

I intend to guard him carefully here, and if, by some grace, we return home, I fully plan to die by Noct's side.