Thread: [4.4 Discussion] "The Reunion"

Originally Posted by YianKutku

However, if they had both laid it out in the open (and I would imagine Gaius to be the sort to do so) from the beginning, then I'd imagine their professional relationship to be fairly acceptable. Both were doing their jobs, both knew what each expected of each other, and both had no hard feelings either way. If either one were the sort to let personal feelings interfere, I'd actually expect it to be Nero.

It would almost be hard to not. If Cid and Nero knew each other from the age of twelve and Gaius more or less adopted Cid while Midas was working on Meteor, Nero would have spent a good few years knowing they were tight. When Cid defected would have been Nero's perfect time to declare, "Look, I know Cid was your first choice, but bring me on and I'll show that you'd have been better off with me from the start."

Everything Nero does he compares himself directly to the one guy; I'm surprised no one's ever pricked his pride with it. Imagine if when Nero declared "I'm the man who'll yet outdo Allag and Garlond", Rammbroes was just like, "Ya hear that, Cid, Scaeva thinks your name is emblematic of the Garlean engineering and technological apex!" and you just hear Nero echoing over a hill as he's walking away, "Damn it!"