Thank you! I love Yuri's character, so I just always kind of wanted to write a fic about him (poor FF characters...they do often seem to have really tragic backgrounds *huggles them*). Those early scenes from RoF really stayed with me from how they're portrayed in the game, and somehow they just kind of fit with the "training" prompt to me. I'm glad that I was able to convey the family theme (ah, I always find that theme rather neat to write for somehow! XD) and write about Yuri's motivation very clearly. I'm glad you liked the story so much, thank you again for commenting! ♥ :D