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Made my way around the Galbadian continent and to the Fisherman's Horizon. A pretty tune plays as Squall carries Rinoa along the long walk, as he admits to her unconscious form how much his shell is meant to protect himself from rejection. The walk continues.

Edea suddenly appears and warns us yet again that she's probably gonna be turned into Ultimecia at some point, and that we "know what to do" if that happens. I mean, we kinda tried to kill her the first time, too... this game has been pretty merciful compared to other FF games about killing people in battle!

Er, but anyway, I decide to let Edea (lv26) join my party (Squall lv30, Irvine lv18) and we go forth into a whole new continent. I'm surrounded by glaciers and dinosaur skeletons here, and the random encounters are terrifying because they cast Stop/Petrify. BAD CREATURES.

Eventually we come to a split in the road, and I go left for starters. Almost immediately I'm beset by a crazy-looking boss, but Squall informs us that it's undead. I'm able to Draw from it to cast Cure3 for massive damage. It also has a ???, though it's not a GF.

Past that, we reach a shimmering hologram of a hole in the sky. Turns out we're able to climb up the invisible wall into an extremely futuristic elevator/shuttle-thingy. When we disembark, Edea informs us that we're on the lookout for Dr. Odine...

... and then flashback to Laguna, in the same area. He's in compelled labor at the moment (it's annoying how they skip what lands us in these situations!), but his kindness to another adorable Moomba compels a fellow prisoner to nominate us leader of the Adel resistance. Kiros and Ward are brought back, and a few battles ensue.

I didn't have Magic or Item junctioned to Squall, and he's been Blinded, so I'm actually not able to deal damage... however, I do have draw, and damn, this enemy has some awesome spells! Four different lv3 magics! I draw myself to 100 on all of them, using Recover as needed, and then wipe him out easily using his own Firaga.

We witness a scene where Odine is clearly unhinged and eager to experiment on children for some sort of special weaponry technology, but we stay hidden. His assistant is also with the resistance, so while we've escaped the lab/factory complex, we're still amid the conspiracy or whatever. Save point for now in Laguna-land.

(Is a gap in levels that big typical? I have to assume it is - Squall is always in the party, and any rotation of other characters at all will result in Squall jumping way ahead.)
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yet all azuarc of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness