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With Shinra finished for good, all that's left from the plot perspective is to finish things with Sephiroth and try to save the planet. We've got seven days apparently, and Cloud takes the lead to inform us that for him, it's personal - and that it should be for everyone, if not with Sephiroth then for the specific people they want to save - Marlene for Barret, for instance. Cloud dismisses the crew to spend time with their loved ones, and he and Tifa enjoy a nice night together under the stars. Since it's a JRPG aimed at teenagers, nothing is actually said from this "romantic" sideplot and it feels a bit tedious, but the discussion of this being the last night on Earth, the last time of seeing everyone, is somber.

But then everyone shows up the next day, reenergizing us (and making us wonder at least a little what the point of making this such a big deal was). We don't get a chance to complete sidequests - we're flying North.

End of Part 2

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* LV11, LV13, LV14 - this pilot is getting CONFIDENT.

* Barret renouncing his terrorism is a nice bit for someone who didn't get a ton of development on this front. While it's ignored, Scarlet does point out that we killed a lot of good Shinra soldiers. (During the Weapon threat, Cait Sith took shots at Barret for AVALANCHE attacks.)

* It's cool getting to fight real SOLDIER first-class enemies as random encounters, though I only ran into one.

* I do hope I get some opportunity for sideplots in Part 3 before just fighting Sephiroth! I think I might actually give Cait Sith some run if I do, since I did like Reed.
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