#also it seems like while Gina moves about a whole bunch

[firebirdsdaughter]

Things I don't think get talked about…

… About GARO -VANISHING LINE- (and only partially bc no one talks about GARO -VANISHING LINE- pls someone talk to me about it)…

While Luke's Tragic Backstory is introduced to the audience in ep 6, that same ep makes it clear that Sword already knows said backstory. While the show made it clear they were acquainted before, enough to snap at each other and Luke complaining about cleaning up Sword's messes, this seems to indicate it's more than just a surface level rivalry.

While it's not impossible Sword would have heard about what happened w/ Luke's father, his knowledge is very specific and personal to Luke—that it happened right in front of him—and Luke doesn't seem at all surprised or upset about his knowledge; despite very clearly not being the sort to talk about his past.

It's a nice little way of establishing them as almost begrudging friends even though Luke is too standoffish to admit it to start out. Sword is more open about caring about Luke, even though he's also Sword about it, but despite himself, it's pretty clear Luke doesn't actually hate Sword even before he chills out a bit. In fact, I might go as far to say it's implied Sword is Luke's only friend, esp at the start, although I'm sure he'd deny it completely. At the very least, he's the closest Luke has to a friend at the start.