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• I kill the Succubus Queen first, because chances are I'm going to be transported to a town after the main event. I don't wanna miss this three-skill potentite, now do I? She's not too challenging, but this kinda happened:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/8/5/AAR0ZFAAC_gB.jpg
Yeah, that's in the small area off by the cell block. She kinda got trapped there, thankfully at the end of the fight.

• The letter sender was the orange Normin, Phoenix, who I hadn't mentioned because of seeming irrelevance at Terror Island. Eizen's sister was writing but not sending letters, even though Eizen kept sending her presents. Eizen doesn't follow because of his invasion of privacy. Phoenix objects in his face that he's been lying to her about his lifestyle, and that she doesn't know he's a pirate. Anyway this fight is fucking BRUTAL. I get destroyed. I'll.. come back after I gain another few levels.
• Going to Taliesin gives me the heartwarming stuff I need right now. THE CATS ARE BACK! ^_^ Zaveid took in some orphans and raised them alongside his girlfriend Theodora, and brought in some human chefs to cook a wonderful meal for them... and when Theodora disappeared, the chefs became the foster parents, realizing that malakhim have hearts, too. And Niko's fiance has found a new bride, though he will never forget Niko and never forgive himself for not eloping with her sooner. Good call tbh. He can't be in despair forever. (Is anyone even reading this?) All of this is wonderful. If I could live in any town in this game, it'd be this one, and it's not close. Let's see... Loegres is too pretentious. Reneed and Stonebury are too remote. Aball and Haria are too daemonized. The ports are small and drab. Hellawes, Meirchio, and Beardsley are too cold. Yseult is the only other one I'd consider, but Taliesin means exercise, KITTIES, and good culture.
• Theodora is probably that white-horned dragon, and Eizen wants to kill her to ease Zaveid's pain, I think? Laphicet wants to cure her, and he's probably the only way to do so.
• Some frat boys are planning a town and want to get laid before they do, instead of working hard to achieve it. They're dumb, but Eizen sets them straight: "Don't speak of your dreams, become them." The problem is... failure. I have a lot to figure out but this isn't the place for introspective shit. (This is clearly referencing a town that's there in Zestiria, of course.)
• The Katz says it's Katz Korner this time, but it's the same thing as Nam Cobanda Isle so I wasn't entirely wrong. Velvet is a killjoy, vetoing the other five. Sorry, I'm going, Crowe. Turns out it's because she's allergic to Katz (and cats too), and it would have helped to have known that. This is indeed where the skit player is (and Tales puns... LOL). Skit player seems to indicate I am indeed at the end of the game, even if I am missing many sidequest ones. (I've found all but two Katz chests btw)
• There's a slider puzzle game and the hardest difficulty is something like... 10x10. YIKES! And this is coming from a guy who is preternaturally good at puzzles. Like I knocked out the 5x5 in two and a half minutes. (Sliders are super easy if you know the trick). There are also adamantite weapons (two free fragments!) and lots of meowing. I.e. "Von Meowtia." I'm surprised Eizen didn't threaten copyright infringement, and I don't mean a lawsuit. I mean... dinner.
• I visit Celica's grave and learn she enjoyed puns like "Niko's dogs are so scared of people they hide on the woof" and something about taking flowers to gravestones. Sounds like somepun I'd hit it off with! And I don't care that was bad. I make puns like that all the time for a reason. Livens the mood.

I stop in Aball, but will look for sidequests in the towns I've not yet visited as well. It's nice that they show them on the world map, else I'd miss them.