Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-70.72.38.180-20150731170639/@comment-25396609-20150801231605

My headcannon for Merc and Em is that, ys, she WAS a street rat, and cinder did 'save' her.

BUT Mercury was in the same situation, based on their banter, i think they're almost like surrogate siblings.

the difference is: Mercury was resigned to his fate, Emerald was desperate to escape. Mercury followed because he knew Cinder would end up hurting Emerald at some point and wanted to delay it as much as possible because he knows she won't listen if he tries to persuade her to leave cinder.

But that's just my shitty theory.