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After the intensity of the climax of Disc 1, Disc 2 immediately sets us gently down without warning or preface into a Laguna dream sequence, and the most relaxed and laid back of the bunch, to boot, with the childlike "Fragments of Memories" playing over the whole thing. This effectively acts as a breather episode. Even though there are random battles, they're all enemies you encounter at the very beginning of the game, so there's no real danger.

Honestly, kicking off Disc 2 this way was a brilliant move. As we're left wondering what's become of Squall, we're caught up to speed with what happened to Laguna, as his last adventure ended on a cliffhanger of its own. We're introduced to Raine and Ellone, and as we saw how much Squall matured over the course of Disc 1, we also get to see how Laguna has changed since the last time we saw him. We can assume Squall must be okay if we're having a dream sequence with Laguna (who has Squall's junctions and whatnot from the end of Disc 1, naturally), but that's the only assurance we have for now.

If you open the menu, the location will be listed as "Vacant House," but this used to be Ellone's family's home. The room Laguna starts in is clearly a little girl's room. If you go downstairs, the walls are riddled with bullet holes, signifying what transpired here before when Esthar tried to kidnap Ellone and her family resisted. The relationship between Laguna and Ellone here is undeniably charming. You can tell they both think the world of each other.

Ellone tells Laguna that someone is at the pub to see him, and it turns out to be Kiros. We learn that it's been about a year since their escape from Centra. Laguna was bedridden for about six months, although Kiros recovered in about a month. Since then, he's been searching for Laguna. I guess they all got separated at some point due to their injuries. They've all left the Galbadian army at this point, as we can see by the fact that they're wearing civilian clothes.

Kiros offers to catch Laguna up on what's happened since the last time we saw them. We find out Ward is working as a janitor in D-District Prison (which we'll be seeing soon enough!), but he never got his voice back. When Laguna asks about Julia, Kiros doesn't know, but Raine recognizes the name as that of a famous singer who recently released her first hit, "Eyes On Me." She also recently got married to General Caraway, making it pretty clear that she's Rinoa's mother if you didn't make that connection already. Raine says she read in a magazine that Julia's true love got sent off to war and never returned, and Caraway was there to comfort her in her time of need.

Laguna and Kiros seem to make the connection that Julia meant him, but Laguna says that she's happy now and that's all that matters. He looks to Ellone for confirmation, and she agrees, saying that Laguna and Raine are....something, but he doesn't let her finish. Presumably "in love" or something of that sort was how that sentence was going to end...! Either way, to his credit, Laguna manages to have a pretty healthy perspective about the whole thing. He considers his time meeting Julia a fond memory, but he wishes her the best.
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