So, backstory wise. Cyril knew Falina's father. Falina's father saved his life once, even though the man turned out to be rotten to the core Cyril's still pretty loyal to him (or at least...sort of loyal to the idea of him and the idea of owing him) which transfers over to Falina. Even though we haven't had them become aware that they have a mutual acquaintance. (Jess and I were going to do it but never got around to it, yeah). Also, Arja is another child of an ex-member of Cyril's cohort (it's not unlikely, if you're warrior caste you know everyone else who is warrior caste, and Cyril's been one a long time and worked with a lot of folks along the way).