#I think a huge part of it is that Cyna kind of... viewed Aurene akin to... a pet?

[bigsnaff]

My commander doesn't really have that parent-child bond with Aurene that's sort of set up through canon. I'd describe it more as a sibling relationship, at most? Cyna doesn't really have... much maternal instinct or manner to her. She's very blunt, forward, and prone to irritation and impatience.

In fact I'd almost describe her having a consistent disconnect with Aurene, to the point where it was likely a minor character arc wherein she felt conflicted in regards to fulfilling her duties as Aurene's "Champion". It was prophecy, it was destiny, she couldn't necessarily say no. But nonetheless, this "bond" that everyone kept saying she had with Aurene... she just didn't feel.

I don't think she disclosed this to anyone, though Aurene undoubtedly felt it. And if Aurene did view Cyna as a parent, it would make sense that she would go to such lengths to, in a way, prove herself to Cyna.

And maybe it was when Aurene was fatally impaled by Kralkatorrik's crystals after leaping to Cyna's defense that Cyna finally understood.

#guild wars 2 #gw2 #cyna crystalclaw #my characters #I think a huge part of it is that Cyna kind of... viewed Aurene akin to... a pet? #And I don't mean that in a degrading way. But it's kind of undeniable in the fact that's literally how the commander treated baby Aurene #when we first ''bonded'' with her after her hatching. #chastising her in a lighthearted way like a disobedient puppy. calling her to us in the same way. playing games and catch with her and #talking to her like a pet. #like lmao please hear me out. I'm genuinely not trying to call Aurene a pet. I'm just saying that we were treating her in that kind of #manner immediately after she hatched. she wasn't an infant to Cyna. she was a cute puppy dog. albeit a very powerful one. but nonetheless. #she understands fundamentally that this is not the case but she cannot get past this impression. at least until this puppy jumps to her #defense and dies for it. #her bond with Aurene will never be that of a parent-child. she doesn't feel that way nor does she want to. #but she cares for Aurene in a way that you only can when you would die for someone. which Aurene did. which Cyna did.