@Lugubrious I am back for good, that I can assure you. And being given another chance would be appreciated.

@Lugubrious Could you fill me in on what Laharl must have seen? Or the important stuff he is aware of?

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He was present for the first part of the raid on one of the Resistance hideouts, but got annoyed and ditched rather than going underground with the others. Since then, he probably heard that the people he left managed to take down the Resistance, and that the whole this was the fault of the ringleader, who mind-controlled the others into following her orders. The following morning there was a big press release sort of thing detailing the situation to the public, right after which all the PCs (and a number of NPCs) left on the Railway Gun to head for Split Mountain. It's possible that Laharl stowed away and followed behind, which might also mean he meets Ellie, who's also following the team.

Anyone is free to interact with Laharl, I fell asleep before finishing the post properly. Now it is done.

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Since Laharl is trailing behind, he would probably have to take the initiative, catching up and then making himself known. By the way, just to help you get better situation, I wanted to mention that right now there's only one peak at hand, the Split Mountain from Journey, and the train that the group took here wasn't a normal train but the Railway Gun from Lost Plant 2.

Gonna post this both for context and because I'll take any opportunity to post this.