This have been bugging me lately. I hope this makes sense.
I always assumed that in RD Serge was around the same age as Kid, who was stated to be 16 years old.
Then I noticed this part in which Serge mentions that he composed a song in his earlier years, and that coincidentally, it was Lucca's favorite song.
"That song... that beautiful song... it was Lucca's favorite..."
Kid softly smiles, closing her eyes. I can see she can't help but shed a few
tears for this long lost reminiscence.
This song is actually something I composed in my earlier years, back when I was
a musician. Kid seems to be very fond of it...
Assuming that Kid had to be 10 years old or younger by the time the song was already Lucca's favorite, how old could Serge have been when he composed it? How old was he by the time the RD got into Viper Manor?
I was thinking about this too... He mentions being a nomad. I always thought his character concept was designed around the gypsy nomad musician stereotype, being raised helping his family as a wandering entertainer or musician. That would explain how he could have being composing melodies that were getting known in the towns his family visited, from a very early age.
There's this other scene:
As Kid slowly opens the box, a comforting melody fills the air.
"That song..." Kid suddenly says, standing up beside me. I look over to her,
seeing her expression has changed to vulnerable curiosity, chasing a
long-lost memory...
"You know this song, Kid?"
"Yeah... a long time ago, someone I knew used to sing it to me..."
She turns away from me, rubbing her eyes.
Perhaps he was a traveling musician since he was a child, but how young could Serge have been if he composed a melody that became popular enough to be adapted into a music box by the time they got into Viper Manor?
Kid is not even seventeen and she is already a feared and famous thief, so maybe it could be plausible for a very young Serge to be a well known musician.
Even ignoring the music box, I can imagine that Serge could be older than Kid. Maybe 2, 3 or even 4 years older? that would make much easier to picture Serge composing the song at the age of 10 or 9 and Lucca singing it to a 6 or 5 years old Kid. Or a 12 years old Serge already as an independent wandering musician and a 9 years old Kid still living with Lucca...
It's 5am here and I'm rambling already...Any thoughts?
