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In the beginning... (Yes. This is a recap. It is the only one you'll see until the very end, and it's here for a reason. Skip to the first chapter if you don't need the refresher.)

Our story begins in the cafeteria of Balamb Garden, a few months after Ultimecia's defeat...

A late night discussion about a ring and a name.

Squall, bound by promises, decides to show rather than tell.

A night of recognition.

Squall and Rinoa mull over their options...

Rumor, innuendo, hearsay and an unfilled contract.

Will Rinoa make a better SeeD than Squall does a Knight, or vice versa?

Here's the bait, there the trap - but where the prey, and who?

Squall and Rinoa reach Esthar, and a few mysteries come packaged with a total failure at reconciliation.

The face of the enemy, and the end of the idyll.

You know that NC-17 rating, and the warning at the outset about Dark and Ugly? Say hello to the reasons for both.

Squall doesn't stay lost for long - that was kind of the point.

A mute victim, but a lot of clues.

Hear, hear, the gang's all here - and then some. Analysis and response, and a call for backup.

You did want to know what Squall's going through while all the others are bustling, didn't you?

The beginnings of a solution - for Rinoa and Squall, at least.

Zell and Quistis confront one enemy, Irvine and Selphie a second, and a little desperation takes Laguna a long way.

A few revelations.

The mirror of Breaking Point; the dawn that follows night.