Claire's interest in the other woman was, admittedly, a bit of a surprise to Cid, even if the only sign of it was a slight raising of the eyebrows. After all, it seemed almost taboo to bring up the other Farron in her presence. No, they'd never really spoken about her to begin with, but her attitude when the sergeant had been around was more than enough for him to get the idea that this was thin ice they were treading on right now.
"We never spoke of the matter," he replied with a light shake of the head. That probably wasn't what she wanted to hear, but it was the truth. The most conversation the two of them shared had been aboard the Lindblum prior to the raid on the Palamecia, and even then, it had been strictly business--there was no time for personal matters for either of them.
This didn't mean that he hadn't looked into the backgrounds of the l'Cie he was charged with guiding though. With Lightning's ties to the military--the GC, no less--he had access to more of her information than any of the others: important people, dates, and locations; and from those files, Cid had been able to piece together some of the woman's history and what drove her.
"But I do have my assumptions." His continuation was a beat past what could be considered a comfortable silence, but he made no sign that there had been any break at all. "She did it for her sister--to allow her to continue living a normal life after the death of their parents.
"To join PSICOM would have meant splitting the family apart, but to join the GC... She could stay in Bodhum."
If he was wrong about Lightning's drive and reasoning (and he very well could be), Cid had no way of knowing. He could only guess based off of what he knew. Farron had thrown away the world to try and save her sister during the Purge, so something as minuscule as picking up a job and staying in her hometown seemed all too logical to pass that reasoning by.
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Claire's interest in the other woman was, admittedly, a bit of a surprise to Cid, even if the only sign of it was a slight raising of the eyebrows. After all, it seemed almost taboo to bring up the other Farron in her presence. No, they'd never really spoken about her to begin with, but her attitude when the sergeant had been around was more than enough for him to get the idea that this was thin ice they were treading on right now.
"We never spoke of the matter," he replied with a light shake of the head. That probably wasn't what she wanted to hear, but it was the truth. The most conversation the two of them shared had been aboard the Lindblum prior to the raid on the Palamecia, and even then, it had been strictly business--there was no time for personal matters for either of them.
This didn't mean that he hadn't looked into the backgrounds of the l'Cie he was charged with guiding though. With Lightning's ties to the military--the GC, no less--he had access to more of her information than any of the others: important people, dates, and locations; and from those files, Cid had been able to piece together some of the woman's history and what drove her.
"But I do have my assumptions." His continuation was a beat past what could be considered a comfortable silence, but he made no sign that there had been any break at all. "She did it for her sister--to allow her to continue living a normal life after the death of their parents.
"To join PSICOM would have meant splitting the family apart, but to join the GC... She could stay in Bodhum."
If he was wrong about Lightning's drive and reasoning (and he very well could be), Cid had no way of knowing. He could only guess based off of what he knew. Farron had thrown away the world to try and save her sister during the Purge, so something as minuscule as picking up a job and staying in her hometown seemed all too logical to pass that reasoning by.