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Just gonna do rapid-fire since people don't seem to care.

• Fishing "game" on the way. Only have 5 pcs of bait, so I can't do a good job :/
• I struggle more with a chain encounter along the way than I do the daemon-eating-daemon at Palamedes. That thing was so weak I had the fight done with in 45 seconds. It barely got to eat any slimes. TRY HARDER BAMCO!
• I have 15 pcs of bait now and still don't catch the "Big One" - I think I did an okay job...?
• Equipment management blah blah blah
• I get to Terror Island and.... it's legitimately scary in a completely different way than I could've ever imagined. It's tacky Normin stuff, and the Normins talk like Mieu (might even be Sandy Fox here too?). Bienfu and Grim say hi, and Grim was last here some 1500 years ago. GEEZ, how old is she? The squeaky one recognizes her, too, AFTER ALL THAT TIME! It absorbs life from all that exists in "that" way... and isn't going to be on the map, for the Normins' sake.
• Eizen still wants to explore more seas... and underneath them.Not sure what this says about Zestiria, nor do I care. I'll get there when I get there.
• One of Bienfu's buddies has been lounging here for a thousand years and wants a pretty, nice girl, even one who'd make terrible puns. There's... a reference there, isn't there?
• A very familiar voiced Normin says Zaveid came with another kid malak who he'd saved. Huh. I'm more intrigued by the thought that Teddie is a Normin.
• Reneed has all kinds of rumors. Exorcists becoming daemons, that the "Lord of Calamity" dresses as a witch and rides a broomstick (Magilou cares more about the defamation from the game of telephone than Velvet), the elder pioneer trying to get Eleanor to marry his son like many other Boomers seem to enjoy suggesting... and, most importantly, Videl. He's not doing so well. He's in bed, dying, and his mother has accepted defeat because of his diagnosis. Laphicet insists on getting the book to decipher the last ingredient so we can make the potion he needs. (Also, "we're out of leads" vs. "we have to leave" huh?). Velvet is brutally direct to light a fire under his butt, and that works. We're off to where I was gonna go next anyway!
• Looks like Davahl Forest is still impassible... and I can't get into Zamahl Grotto, either. Huh. That's weird. The fact that these two places have rhyming names is not lost on me.
• I find a green Nor Doll in the middle of some crops in Stonebury (why's it just sitting here?) and the Toitolez comes... saying the name as Turtlez? The what now? The letter is challenging Eizen to a duel and purporting to be Eizen's sister... and we have to go back to Titania. One small problem with that: We can't go back there now because the game won't let me. The game also won't let me into Davahl Forest. Is.... this assault on the Empyrean's Throne not the actual ending? Is there more coming up? Uhh...
• Comedy routine: Eizen isn't funny, but is good at provoking Magilou. Apparently, Bienfu is funnier than the lot of them... which was Magilou's point, I guess? Bienfu abuse could end up being very funny in Loegres, but we'll see. There's also a story about a caravan collapsing and everyone dying... except one girl, whose body they never found. Was that... Magilou? (Also: Zestiria reference and yo ho ho and a bottle of... snake wine?)
• I look for hints about Davahl and... there's a fruit tree I missed. Let me guess: I was supposed to know that from Zesty. I go deep into the woods and Videl's dad, an exorcist praetor, is there. He gives us the leaf, being willing to give up his quest because his malak isn't listening to him and the last ingredient is "a malak's prayers." Laphicet doesn't say anything (Velvet accidentally calls him "Laphi" and he doesn't remark on that, either, oddly). The skit also has numerous typos, including the most hilarious one ever: instead of "squeeze out a prayer or two" it says "squeeze out a private too." WHO THE HELL ARE YOU GIVING HANDJOBS TO, MAGILOU? I wanna know!
• The boss is weak and I dispatch him easily despite being about the same level (Velvet a little higher). I head straight back to Reneed. Videl's mom looks dejected. He's slipping into the comatose state that precedes death, mumbling Laphicet's name knowing that's his last hope. He regrets telling his one friend to go away, not realizing that one friend came through for him anyway. Laphicet tearfully says it's all okay, and that he has to get better so he can see the world... and this qualifies as "a malak's prayers" and the tear finishes the Omega Elixir. THAT last one was the impossibility that made it so the miracle never happen. Until now.
• Videl's dad turns up and his dejectedness speaks loudly: He can't be forgiven. He sacrificed his family for his duty. Only for it to come back with good karma. Videl comes out to see his dad and says that his friend was the one he'd told the final ingredient. Unfortunately, his helmet is still on his head when I wish I could see his face. (This also makes me wonder: Why can't Eleanor have a helmet as an option? She has the rest of the uniform...)

I note that I can go to Titania now, but I will do that tomorrow. Same goes for Nam Cobanda Isle via Taliesin. This has been enough sidequesting!