Allen and Erin make their way to Cloud’s hometown of Nibelheim for the first(???) time as we talk player agency, the murkiness of memory, and Norse mythology. Allen is several glasses of wine in and thus is in the perfect headspace for being confused and finding a Hot Topic shift manager straight chillin' in a coffin in Shinra Mansion’s basement.

Intro: Anxious Heart, lo-fi chill version by Kannibal Outro: The Nightmare Begins, piano/orchestrated version by Lucas King