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I noticed a few unusual things about Ignis’ behavior while Aranea is in the party.  I was able to reproduce the results pretty consistently so I think these elements were intentional.

1. Battle AI

 Ignis will frequently stand in front of Aranea at the start of the battle rather than in front of Noctis. 

At first I thought this was a bit of a fluke, but I was able to reproduce the result consistently.  I posted a short clip on Twitter that should give you a sense of where/when to look for the behavior. 

2. Combat 

Ignis is also more aggressive with enemies while Aranea is in the party (which could be a result of Gladio being MIA).  As a result of the more aggressive behavior (and shielding Aranea) Ignis is less likely to rescue Noctis (I needed a lot of rescuing taking all these shots) as you can see:

3. Expressions

Ignis does emote in response to some of what Aranea says/does.  When Ignis says “I’m loath to let a lady bloody her own hands” Aranea replies “it’s a little late for that”.  Ignis does appear to be a little downcast after that reply:

Occasionally Ignis will tell Aranea “you needn’t lift a finger’ at the start of a battle.  She replies: “I’m a do it yourself kinda gal”.  Ignis again seems a little melancholy:

I consistently reproduced that result, but I was doing this during the Steyliff mission (rather than a random Aranea hot join during a red giant fight).  I also noticed him react with the sad puppy look whenever Prompto would speak to Aranea, but I didn’t thoroughly test it enough to confirm.

Conclusions

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