That's a reference to an inside joke involving garlean cheese.

Consider: Dancing

Guy's got so much guilt that he wants someone a little more indestructable near 'em

Well... If you're talking pre-DT, very scared. Aside from Estinien, everyone else he ever fell for died because of him one way or another (Haurchefant, Ysayle, Zenos and Emet-Selch) so there is a lot of pain for someone with their heart on their sleeve. By DT, he dissociates in self preservation.

The primary places are the neck, wrists, ankles, his back between his shoulder blades and the area between the stomach and heart that end up being super sensitive, but well... he's not above enjoying pain, even if he lies about it.

Not exactly. The scales themselves are thick enough that a lot of it acts like natural armor now, but there's points where they grew over scar tissue, and *those* points are particularly sensitive regardless. You have to be someone he fully trusts to mess around with those points.

So he won't ever admit it, but whatever has him scrunched up like an accordion or turning into a mess of limbs.

Imagine if JP visited NA and cleaned house there too...

WHO DID WHAT NOW

I don't regret leaving Aether for Dynamis, but it sure did rip the bandaid off on "maybe you're just trying to keep up in a place you genuinely don't belong in" for some circles I was/am in.