on one hand, i like the idea of lukas being childhood friends with clive and clair, but on the other hand, that means he would have grown up knowing fernand on at least an acquaintance level, so it’s unrealistic given that they get along so horribly in the game timeline. not to mention that lukas would see clair and clive’s familial love for fernand and feel like he was an unintentional rival to fernand, much like he’s always been an unintentional rival to his brother. he doesn’t want to cause that kind of conflict, generally, so i think that even if lukas’ family knew clive and clair’s, he would try to maintain his distance.
now that fernand has crossed over to rigel’s side, however, lukas has taken the opportunity to get closer to them both. he and clive disagree on several points, but lukas does care for him and see him as a smart man who inspires him to do better. more importantly, i like to think that clair becomes something like the close sibling he never had. they have similar interests and share the same open mind, and lukas grows fonder of her as she matures under alm’s leadership.when clive can’t be there for her, lukas is, and occasionally sheds his uptight skin in her company.
