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With that, Zell reappears, saying they were contacted by Esthar's Presidential Palace. They have a plan to defeat Ultimecia, and they want to hire SeeD to execute it. Squall thinks it could be a trap, but when Zell says that the guy they spoke to was named Kiros, he decides that they should go.

Before they head out, Edea calls out to them, saying there is something she has to tell them. She tells them about meeting a sorceress on the verge of death 13 years ago. She voluntarily received her powers because she did not want one of the children to become a sorceress. Naturally, Edea is talking about what happens in the ending with Ultimecia. She says this was the beginning of her painful story, but now her part in it has come to a bitter end. She understands now that there is an end to every story, no matter how painful it may be. She should be telling all this to Tidus...! As such, Edea urges Squall to fight to the end, even though it may bring tragedy to others.

If you go back to the orphanage afterwards with Rinoa in your party, Edea will apologize to her for drastically changing her life. Rinoa says she doesn't blame her for it because she doesn't think it could be helped. Instead, she asks Edea to advise her. As a way to clear her anxiety about being a sorceress, she recommends that Rinoa find herself a knight who will always be by her side to protect her. All throughout history, almost all sorceresses have had a knight. Those who do not have knights usually ended up using their powers in evil ways. As an example, Edea says that Adel did not have a knight, and she believes Ultimecia probably doesn't have one either. When Rinoa asks if Edea has a knight, she confirms that she does, referring to Cid, of course.

Edea says that a knight presents a sorceress with peace of mind, and he will protect her spirit. Rinoa says that she's found an apprentice. Edea tells Squall that it may be difficult to be both a SeeD and a knight to the sorceress, but there is a way. Being a sorceress affects a person mentally and emotionally, and as such, she needs a stabilizing element. In this case, it's a knight who accepts her and protects her unconditionally. There is some evidence that having sorceress powers will also warp you physically if you don't have a knight or you misuse them. Adel barely even looks human, and Ultimecia shows signs of her body physically changing if you look at her character model closely (her feet, in particular).

When we enter the president's office, Squall recognizes Kiros and Ward, and knows it's probably Laguna with his back to them. Ward has a pretty suave full blond beard now, by the way! He runs over and gets Laguna's attention, and he comes over to talk to them. He says that he's been wanting to meet them, and Ellone told him that they were the ones in his head. He introduces himself as President Laguna Loire of Esthar. He says that he knows they're in a state of emergency, but whatever, let's take some time to talk!

You can ask him where Ellone is, and he gives you her backstory first. When she was 2 years old, there was a massive hunt for girls in Esthar to find a successor for Adel. Soldiers came to Winhill, and they killed Ellone's parents when they resisted. Raine raised her after her parents died, and he came to know them both after he ended up in Winhill. Then Esthar came back and took Ellone away even though he was there, which he considers to be the most painful experience of his life.
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