"Cid is-- quite short for Garlean, yes," Gaius chuckled softly, remembering all of this with bittersweet fondness. It's like dark chocolate with too much cacao -- it's good, but can sometimes be overpoweringly bitter. "Both of his parents were -- mmm. Small of stature. The Minister of Industry for the Garlean empire, and his beloved wife, an advice columnist for one of the smaller papers in the city."

The photo from Nero's things, though, he just lifts his brows at. "I would leave this here. Nero's time in school was a bitter thing for him, and his rivalry with Cid equally so. They both believe me dead, and I doubt gifts of this nature when they learn otherwise won't be well received."