Why did he become so close with Soleite as soon as they met? Maybe that's because they are soulmates you da** cardinal. Like seriously this man is just too obsessed with Ian at this point. It seems my theory of Cardinal being one of the first men Sol bought with him to Archaia seems to be true. The Cardinal either was born with the memories of his previous life or got it when he was very young, his sole reason for becoming Cardinal was to find Ian.