kain is actually a ridiculously funny “id rather die than talk about/deal with my feelings” icon. he never tells cecil abt his insecurities ever which leads him to be manipulated by the big bad but when hes aware that his envy is gonna come out hes like. “fuck. shit. its gonna happen again” but doesnt let the others know. he gets to fight and defeat his dark side in a trial but once he wins and exits and meets up w the others he goes “nothing happened in there”. when he finally gets free of mind control he goes “just fuckign kill me if i betray you again”. once its over he still feels immensely guilty and doesnt attend his bff’s wedding even though they clearly forgive him and he fucks off into the mountains for 17 years where he never talks to anyone, ever, only to return when his dark side has a physical form and helps out his bff’s son without telling him who he is. he just goes “hey im gonna help you i have no name now” and after THAT ordeal he goes into the Dissidias and goes around never telling anyone abt his well-intentioned plans even though they all think of him as a traitor
final fantasy likes to portray kain as a mysterious cool spear man but in reality he just really fuckign sucks at communicating and would rather run off to the mountains for almost two decades than accept that his friends forgive him
