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We finally fill in the gaps in Shadow's story (Previously I had been flying to Thamasa's Inn to rest as it's the cheapest, so that's why I haven't gotten these dreams before!)- He was once a bandit named Clyde who couldn't bring himself to euthanise his friend, and is naturally super torn up about it. He moves to Thamasa, meets a lady and Interceptor, and then I can't trigger any more dreams so I guess that goes straight into him leaving his daughter behind and going off again. They really let you fill in the gaps here, it's nice how fragmented it is and obviously this is all torturing him still. Is there really no more closure to this? He just lets himself die at the end as penance/to be with Baram? Poor guy, that seems like kind of a harsh ending. Is his daughter supposed to be Relm? I don't recall any interaction between them (or Strago), but there's only like 5 people in Thamasa so it seems possible.

Anyway, I head to the Soul Shrine to see what's up. Turns out this is kinda like Cloister of the Dead, only worse. It's a very very long series of fights, and I don't have the patience to go through all of it right now. I leave after fighting a new (?) boss, Dark Behemoth, and idk how long this dungeon lasts or if I'm even at the right level or anything for it (mid 50s), and I don't want to waste hours on it for nothing. I grind up the team (Celes, Locke, Sabin, Gogo) a bit with the 'saurs, and I get a bunch of Impartisans so bet them in the Coliseum to see what happens. I end up progressing up from Impartisan to Cat Ear's Hood to Merit Award to Rename Card to Miracle Shoes, which cast Haste, Shell, Protect and Regen at once. Cool! I get 4 of them and an extra to see what that turns into. We wind up going full circle into fighting a Tyrannosaur again and get a Tintinnabulum, a 'walk to restore HP' Relic which really doesn't seem that useful at this stage of the game. Tintin gives us another Growth Egg though, which will be great if I decide to keep grinding.

At this point I'm not sure what to do, I don't feel like doing the Dragon's Den again right now and I don't know if the Soul Shrine will be worth it (or even possible for me at the moment). I'll leave it open to you guys: is it worth doing the Shrine and extra boss? Do you get anything good/fun/interesting out of it? I wouldn't feel bad about leaving things where they are now but if the rest is worth it I'll trust your collective judgment. Also is there anything else I've missed now? I've been gathering my thoughts on the overall narrative+characters and will try to put them together soon.


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Slowly becoming a Final Fantasy aficionado. Currently playing: FFVI
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