Regarding the garlean third eye

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Originally Posted by Lihtleita

arenvalds mother did

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It's why he has the echo now :P

s q u i s h

Not much I'd imagine since cid outright removed his with no lasting effect afaik

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Originally Posted by Lihtleita

arenvalds mother did

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omg you can't joke about that

It just signifies they are a citizen of Tiphares.

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Originally Posted by Rhus

Not much I'd imagine since cid outright removed his with no lasting effect afaik

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What? No, Cid has his, it's just under his goggles. Look, they even have a lens for it.

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Originally Posted by Lacan

What do you think happens if you booped it? I kinda wanna boop them.

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"OW! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU, JUST BECAUSE I HAVE A SPARE DOESN'T MEAN IT'S OKAY! oO_T_Oo"

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Originally Posted by Lukha

What? No, Cid has his, it's just under his goggles. Look, they even have a lens for it.

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Huh so there is. I've never looked that close at cid before. I just knew I didn't recall him having one off the top of my head.
Pretty good "eye" for detail. Pretty good.

I have a hard time not staring at it honestly, I donno if that's rude... still technically eye contact.

I'm guessing because Cid's goggles have a lens for it, it's somehow functional, even though it looks almost like a hard marble or something. It doesn't look like a normal eye. I'm curious how it works... /stares

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Originally Posted by Sated

I have a hard time not staring at it honestly, I donno if that's rude... still technically eye contact.

I'm guessing because Cid's goggles have a lens for it, it's somehow functional, even though it looks almost like a hard marble or something. It doesn't look like a normal eye. I'm curious how it works... /stares

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I always assumed it was like the parietal eye (sometimes called a third eye) found on most reptiles and amphibians. It’s photoreceptive but they don’t actually see in the strictest sense. It seems to do something because characters like Gaius and Zenos have an obvious lens on their helmets where the eye would be. From recollection, lore says the eye has something to do with spacial awareness, but I can’t remember off the top of my head.