The problem with Laguna Loire is that you are too used to his goofiness. You don't expect him to come up with bright ideas and brilliant strategies. You don't expect him to be able to handle even the easiest of tasks, such as watching over a little girl as she sleeps, because he's bound to bump into something and cause the whole place to crash to the ground, and of course wake Ellone along the way as he does so.

The most you can expect of him is for him to bumble along, fix everything just by the sheer magic of his optimism, and go along his merry way.

You don't expect him to stay.

He's a wandering soul, that's what Laguna is. He wouldn't stay here in quiet, sleepy Winhill, now that his friend Kiros has found him and new adventures beckon. He's going to leave, and Ellone will miss him (and maybe you will miss him too) but you've always known that, so of course you wouldn't stop the silly man from leaving the village, even when you know he was bound to get himself hurt again, sooner or later.

You'd bet on sooner. You know Kiros would agree on that. Maybe even Ellone would agree on that.

So you stare out of the window at the darkening landscape and the rising moon and wonder why he wants to meet you in the fields just outside town tonight.