what is Kitali and Lucia's relationship like? Do they have one or are they pretty distant with one another?
They do have one, though it's been through the wringer a bit.
Originally, at first meeting, Lucia didn't trust either her or Alphinaud. Mostly because she couldn't get a read off of Kitali but moreso because she was a completely unknown quantity on the board. She was trying to temper Aymeric's idolisation of her from very early on.
Kitali doesn't really form an opinion of Lucia for a while. She's just a knight she sees in the Congregation Hall sometimes, she really only starts interacting with her more once she signs her work contract with the Temple Knights.
It gets a bit dicey once Lucia takes her circlet off, because Kitali is not one to make her hatred of Garleans a secret, but at that time she had shifted her stance a little to "the only good Garlean is dead or defected", since Cid and a lot of other Ironworks members fall under that category. If she's not actively aiding the Garlean Empire, she's not Kitali's enemy.
Once they get past that they slowly build up trust with each other over the rest of Kitali's stay in Ishgard, to the point where they tag team getting Aymeric out of his office when one complains to the other that he needs a break.
Personally I just think Lucia is a slept-in character and would love to see more from her lol
Thank you for the ask @oh-yeah-no 💜🥰











