Of course we did something, Noct. But we couldn't-- the empire had taken over the city. The Crystal has been captured. We are doing all we can to get our kingdom back, I promise you. We have traversed the land of Eos, going into the tombs of the old kings. Lady Lunafreya is waking the Astrals from their slumber.

[his words are a bit more heated than usual. He knows that this isn't fair, and it's upsetting him. They all dealt with this together, had come so far, and it feels like a giant step backward.

Worse, there's no active thing Noct can do about it here. Ignis takes off his glasses, rubbing his eyes and putting them back on again]

But those experiences haven't happened to you yet. I can do nothing else to ease your mind, but I can cook a damn meal.

[he's frustrated with himself, not with Noct. He doesn't like having no plan of action for them, this feeling of uncertainty on what to do]