finny
Adjective
Meaning
Having, or abounding in, fins, as fishes; pertaining to fishes.
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Gene feels guilty about the accident because he knows how envious he was of Finny and cannot help but think that this envy somehow influenced his actions, even if only on a subconscious level.
He starts to make a joke about Gene’s “plan”—to kill Finny and get the room for himself—but Gene cuts him off and explains to Finny about Brinker’s suggestion to enlist.
Blitzball is the perfect game for Finny because it requires tremendous exertion and agility yet is impossible to win and focuses on pure athleticism rather than the defeat of opponents.
Finny seems to exist in perfect harmony with the world around him, a characteristic Gene notes again and again when he describes his friend’s walk as a “flow.”
Gene recounts a story about a fire back home and then says that he was thinking a lot about Finny and the accident while at home.
Moreover, Gene’s excessive insistence that Finny is his best friend and that just being friends with someone like Finny is an honor seems forced.