#im all for aro!eiden but god the devs went hard here

[pochaccopipi]

still thinking about the recent interview that explained eiden's hesitant relationship with romance

poor kid was raised in an orphanage/adoption agency, had very little support from hired caregivers because he acted out too much, never got the same level of attention as the other children in his cohort, watched everyone else get adopted but him (including the younger kids he practically raised himself), regularly hung out at bars as a minor just to meet people and have fun, and finally— finally!— had something nice when he fell in love as a teenager for the first time, only to have that relationship crash and burn (they called it a "bitter first love")? and that's canonically the reason his relationships have all been short-lived thereafter? like... does he just avoid acknowledging any romantic feelings now?? was that the final straw in a string of abandonment issues?

good god this man deserves 20 more boyfriends and charcuterie brunch for life