#so it's actually get these last three to lv 70 kick the miniboss's butt so I can get the Stone of Truth and THEN start the final chapters

[loregoddess]

aaalmost finished level-grinding, threw Partitio into Conjurer even though it doesn't give him a boost to elemental attack and discovered that, with the right equipment, I can get his elemental attack stat to just above 900 when he's at lv. 70, so I think I can really make him work as a support main & backup damage-dealer (and I can finally have him use Bifelgan's Bounty correctly)

some interesting things I found whilst going to every town to gather items and finish sidequests, Temenos won't coerce kids which makes sense, but he also won't coerce anyone who's disabled. Like, any NPC with "suffered an injury and can't do xyz anymore" or "suffers from xyz illness" in their description, Temenos just does not have the option to coerce them, and that's a really neat little detail to have added in

Agnea and Hikari's second crossed paths chapter does NOT elaborate on the mural in the cave except that it shows "the beginning of Ku." Hikari buddy, what the fuck does that mean, I am looking at something that is artistic abstraction on a level equal to the constructivist movement, these squares mean nothing to me.

anyhow, as soon as I get these last three characters to lv 70 I can go ahead and do the final chapters...can't wait to see how much harder or not changed they are in difficulty, since I haven't fought the optional superboss yet and won't until after I beat the actual final boss.