User blog comment:Zathronas/Analysis by an author: Volume 2 episode 6: Burning the Candle/@comment-23790511-20140905022635/@comment-23790511-20140905023847

Well, I didn't say anything about teammates not being allowed to fall in love. It does make sense when you're in a profession where you could literally die any day. Love for the sake of "time is short."

As for Cinder being related to anybody... again, I will wait for the show to answer that. Sometimes characters are so mysterious that you could literally speculate ANYTHING about them. When the "Queen" is revealed perhaps we'll get a clearer idea of who Cinder is, but I feel she's too damn mysterious.