#cayenne garamonde

Waking up to yet another day in the World of Ruin.

There’s a line where, right before dying, the king talks about the fact that Cyan knew his father and had been retainer to the king of Doma for that long.

King Doma: CYAN… you have defended the realm since my father’s days… hack, cough… Thank you… it’s over… Our kingdom is through.

I assume two things from this:

1.) the king is young. If I were to guess I’d say about in the 27-30ish range. This would make Cyan 23-20 when he was born, which is definitely old enough to have had a substantial amount of time serving under his father.

2.) Cyan probably has known him since he was a child. This interaction and all of the emotions that it evokes make me think that Cyan viewed the king of Doma as a son to him, as well. I can’t really point to a specific line, but I say this just off of the energy and how personal it all feels. The king is above him class and authority wise, yes, but is still someone he had a significant part in the life of from a very young age.

It’s vague and it’s totally possible this is not the case but if it is I think it makes his dynamic with Sabin even more clear than it already was.

Backing up for a second first to better make this point, we know it’s likely/implied Cyan sees Gau as a son because of Gau being an orphan and it’s safe to assume he’s around Owain’s age. (Cyan being 50 and having a 13-ish year old son, maybe a little older, would make enough sense). So it’s very likely imo that Gau specifically reminds Cyan of Owain to some extent.

Day 9 : Elemental / 元素　- an abstract study

Day 10 : Camping / キャンピング　featuring some LADS

Day 11 : Perspective / 立場 - where I use an image of a wolf spider on my door from different angles

Day 12 : Polaroid / ポラロイド - featuring Lady (and me) based off an early pic of us

Day 13 : rest / 休憩 - the dream, tbh-- a blend of reality and the abstract

Day 14 : Fixation/ こだわり - based off a dog I stumbled upon in my grief that I cannot stop thinking about