Well, I'm just of the thought Rin's got to spend a little time learning what her power is beyond just gut reactions. She never really did get to confront any of the things that scared her, someone always managed to save her.

I mean, she gets the idea from somewhere, which is pretty much the next chapter. Why Esthar? Why go hang with Laguna (besides him being awesome)?

That, and they're kids still at the end of the game. You can't just leave it at happily ever after.

And the original prompt was exploring the Rinoa/Squall dynamic outside of "Rinoa stays around Garden while Squall does his thing". And Sev pretty much told me, "I DIRECTED THIS PROMPT AT YOU" so.

I'm just trying to make it not suck. Because it was pointed out to me once that despite Rinoa pulling Squall back to reality at the end, she's kind of stuck in a perpetual victim scenario, and I am slightly annoyed at the script for that.

It'll be good for Squall too. I mean, it would suck to be a Knight for an unstable sorceress, logically speaking.

~Cendri