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But that is the sort of thing you could hint at while in the car while driving to see Odine. Some of the stuff they explained in Laguna's scene after all the shit happened could be set up early to justify or build up hype.

"We're in a bit of a situation here. The president is up in on the moon. We have a base to monitor something, and his relative is there." The party can infer something like, "Wait, relative?" They don't have to put two and two together, but Squall then at least in his head thing, "Wait...if Ellone's on the moon, then the President...no, I'm overthinking it. Esthar can't be this stupid." He then has several reasons he'd want to go there. They don't have to give away the Adel or Lunar Cry stuff. That can stay where it was on the moonbase. Besides, Squall's only interest is Rinoa and Ellone still. He gets what he wants. The party can either keep to Edea babysitting or question what and why the moon is a big deal, or just shrug it off.

They don't have to give everything away, but you can build the world of Esthar is bigger than the city, and you can let the player connect some dots early so some of the stuff doesn't just seem out of nowhere. All the party knows about Esthar from the moment Edea shows up is, "I want to see Odine. Take me to see him." All they mention is, "Meet at Lunar Base," I don't think they mention anything about even going on the moon at the point. If they do, it is very miniscule and the party just goes, "Well, fuck it, let's go."