Quote Originally Posted by Iscah View Post
Can you find that quote about almost losing his left eye? Because I can't, even though I vaguely remember it from my first time through the game - although from memory I think it was one of the "teases" I'm thinking of where he alluded to it but didn't explain it. And are you sure he said that, and about his left eye specifically? Not something like "I could have lost an eye back there"? Which of course could be a matter of fact statement or could (and I did) take it as ironic and with a "but I'm still not explaining the eyepatch" subtext.

I'm sure I've talked to him at every opportunity, and now I've looked through those first few quest scripts, and can't see that line anywhere. Unless it's further in - past the grand melee which was the last quest I completed - I don't know where he would have mentioned it.
There's a screenshot of the quote in this post: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...=1#post3623756
While the screenshot is in german, the poster also provides the translation for it ("Es war ein beschwerlicher Weg, und eine Unachtsamkeit hätte mich fast mein linkes Auge gekostet." -> "It was an arduous journey and my carelessness almost cost me my left eye.")