Their worlds' magics were decidedly not the same. Noctis had never seen anything like lyrium in his reality - perhaps a potion or elixir might be close, but only in its function. And yet - having so much magic inherent in himself, he still noticed something odd about the vivid blue metal set within the shield.

"Woah," Noctis said, perhaps not too intelligently, as he looked at it. It's not really a magic he could interact with or recognize - but lyrium was potent enough from Alley's world that few people were utterly unaffected. He forgot not to be nosy, "what's that blue stuff there?"