Guess who has some historyyyy~

In all fairness, if you’re the first golden winged Angel born after thousands upon thousands of years, that’s going to draw attention. But in this case, Ryker knows Reyes personally. Too bad Reyes has no clue who he is. Why?

Because leaving Sydoria may not have made him Fallen, but it did mess up his memory of it. Reyes didn’t have permission to leave, which an Angel needs in order to not Fall since it’s seen as betrayal to their home. Instead, our boy here has amnesia and can only remember bits and pieces of his home and who lives there. Unfortunately, Ryker was not one of those people, despite being incredibly important to him.

Now, if Reyes had only left once, maybe twice, without permission, his memory wouldn’t be so poor. But he left more than several times before realizing he was having problems remembering people who knew him and where everything was. Despite literally growing up in Sydoria for years, he couldn’t even remember his own house. Shortly after, he left, thinking he had nothing or no one left to stay for if he couldn’t remember. Maybe if he remembered promising Ryker he’d never leave him, this interaction would go very differently.