Sebek and Idia (pt1)

Idia and Sebek do not get along well, with Idia giving up on attempting to converse with him during New Year’s for Sebek being “way too intense.” Idia in tablet-mode happens across Sebek during Tsumsted and observes, “Staying in my room enabled me to avoid an encounter with a loudmouthed Draconian.”

The Harveston event is possibly where Idia and Sebek overlap the most, with Sebek (and Epel) physically forcing Idia to the village against his will at Ortho’s behest.

Sebek is not impressed by Idia’s dependency on the internet and when Idia comments that it is something everyone needs Sebek responds, “I’m perfectly fine without it,” as he grew up in Briar Valley where not many places had internet access at all.

(Idia: “Note to self: never visit Briar Valley for any reason, ever.” – Sebek: “No one’s asking you to.”)

Sebek comments on Idia’s shopping habits not resonating with him at all, and when Idia suggests the team name of “Beauties Sleeping” Sebek vetoes it immediately for not suiting his image.

Idia: “Well, personally I’d veto any name that DID jibe with your image…” (Sebek also rejects Jade’s suggestion of “Mountain Lovers Sled Team.”)

Sebek tells Idia that past 6am he should be washing his face, getting breakfast and taking a morning walk, suggesting that they exercise together. When Idia refuses, telling him to be quiet, Sebek responds, “You may be a housewarden, but you’re a far cry from OURS.”

Sebek is unimpressed with Idia’s insistence that machines are more efficient that one’s own body, saying, “At the end of the day, your body is the only thing you can count on. What if the machinery breaks down?”

When Marja’s woodsplitting machine breaks Sebek goads Idia into fixing it, but he adds so many improvements that Marja can no longer use it. Sebek declares, “You see? At the end of the day, you can only count on your own body.”

Sebek’s physical prowess and Idia’s engineering skills come together during Port Fest where Sebek drags his food stall’s broken cotton candy machine to Idia for him to fix it, as Idia had refused to go to Sebek’s stall to do so.