Quote Originally Posted by Flying Mullet View Post
I never knew you could save him, even after countless playthroughs myself. I always assumed he had to die to move the story along so I would grab the slowest fish to kill him off quicker. xD I agree about the better bonus for saving him and second that Palidor would be a just reward and it wouldn't mess up any continuity or balancing.
You can, but it's generally a pain. You have to feed him a number of "yummy fish", but it can be hard because there's not always one in the water. You can talk to Cid without any fish to get a new set of fish in the water. It takes more time than it's worth, considering that there's no benefit to it.

(SPOILER)Basically all that happens is that he tells Celes about the raft he's been building. He tells Celes to go find her friends. Celes leaves on it and Cid is left on the Island by himself.