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EDIT: Why is it not showing the first paragraph of this response when I look at it in dash? Testing.
Cid is, quite possibly, worse than even Alphinaud about money. He was a privileged son of the elite, most things handed to him. He had no comprehension of Nero’s struggles due to sheer inexperience and youthful ignorance. Even as an adult it didn’t occur to him to reflect on his boyhood friend and his plight (or why he was so embittered, or even that he was).
This became a problem when he went into business in Eorzea, and Jessie, on arriving with more of their colleagues escaping the Empire, realized to her dismay that the famous Cid Garlond had no clue whatsoever how to run a business. Garlond Ironworks was in danger of utterly failing, no one was getting paid, and their resources and workshop were...not the best. There was real danger of being overtaken by someone from the Syndicate who would have loved to have Garlond in their personal pocket.
Jessie walked up to Cid and told him she was now taking over the finances. That she would handle the business. And she has not only done so--keeping the company afloat the five years he was missing, and those being their most profitable years no less--but she has done her level best to teach the man the basics about money.
No Cid, a banana does not cost 100 gil. Also this is a ledger and how you balance your checkbook and expenditures. Haggle at the market, for goodness’ sake! Stop being a bad influence on Biggs and Wedge.
She tries. She tries so hard. Tataru commiserates, having to deal with a bunch of adventuring academics who never think to ask where their research funds come from or how much auracite costs, Urianger for Twelves’ sake it doesn’t just grow on trees! And of course, Alphinaud’s sword misadventure...
Anyway. They have lunch every so often and swap stories of their harebrained colleagues, tips and tricks, and deals they’ve heard about to find bargains, pinch pennies, and otherwise make bank despite their adventurous companions.
