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I like the balance between the two; if you make Squall receptive, you end up with a narrative where he's opening up for one person but constantly going back on it to be professional/a mopey idiot and he's not sure why. If you make him an ass, Rinoa treats him like everyone else where they get "oh this guy's a loser being sad on purpose" and she pushes that because of her own immaturity, and he doesn't understand why until he hits a breaking point. They're both stupid kids following stupid ideals, and having worked with a bunch of teens, it reminded me of those kinds of interactions a lot more than other games, and seeing it actually work out in the end made it work for me.

... I'll freely admit it's grating on patience outside of that context and doesn't create a necessarily well-paced story arc from it, though. Kids being stupid can be painful to watch.