We know Lucia and Livia are sisters. We know that Lucia was a Garlean spy when she first came to Ishgard. We know Gaius took them in (or at least, Livia in) when their parents were killed. Livia takes to their new foster father rather too quickly. Lucia has her doubts, and her relationship with her sister is becoming increasingly strained as a result.

Gaius wants to bring Lucia into the fold.

Livia has her own ideas about what that means.

Lucia wants her family back, but this isn’t her family.

Thancred stops being overt about it once he gets a talking to from a very concerned WoL about projecting Minfilia onto a teenage girl, but the truth is that he never stopped and the WoL is misinterpreting Thancred’s intentions when it comes to Ryne. Thancred grooms her up through the Eden raids, where they meet Gaia. It’s obvious within a couple of weeks that Ryne’s developing a bit of a crush. Thancred decides to do something about that and sets it up so Gaia accidentally stumbles across them together.

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I’ve recently started playing through the Lexentale storyline, and the “weird” vibes I got were off the charts immediately. I would love to see some…questionable interactions between Ramza and Alma especially. Bonus points if they’re already messed up in the head from their father being weird to them (naming them after heroes of old and raising them in the shadow of the legend you devote your mind to is weird, after all, and it wouldn’t be too unusual for their father to have an unhealthy obsession with them in the hero worship vein). If all three of them are together, all the better.

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