That I ended up apping Claude at all was after a srs internal debate deciding that I couldn't app Ashton (from the same canon) in good conscience given his lack of backstory for memories. I thought about apping Rubedo or Nigredo as my character from the outset too, but that would've meant a whole lot of canon review I couldn't really do at the time (or haven't been to at all pretty much, x-xenosaga all your canon......).

During the course of the game I DID think about other apps, but not... a lot? I ENDED UP APPING KAZU, that was the biggest hitter. Others were smaller flames compared to him. Like Shion from No. 6, or DGM's Kanda at one long long ago point (SUPER GLAD I NEVER DID THAT HA HA), or even dropping Claude and apping Rena after Arbas petered out and I realized I actually did have fun playing her... good thing that didn't happen for real either '-'

Back at ya dad!