It's nice how much worldbuilding you get from talking, listening to people and radio stuff.
I don't think I saw a preview where people actually talked to Dave after getting the quest from him, and he talks about how recently more and more specials beasts are appearing. Ones that mostly look like normal beasts, but with some distinctions. In that case, the red horns and glowy eyes. He wonders if it's related to the nights getting longer.
Then on the radio you see Sania appearing as a guest, and she talks about these mutations, and that it's getting more common to find animals that no longer match the species they come from.
So I'm imagining that the Plague of the Stars, as times goes on and nights get longer (which seems to be happening for quite a few years already, given the Lore Details you can read in the tutorial area), is affecting regular animals, making them closer to deamons. I wonder if humans can get affected too. I hope I can find the answer to that
Aldercapt's visit to Insomnia also seems to be longer than what I thought it was from Kingsglaive, so I guess they're trying to make it easier for the player who watched Kingsglaive to go with it without it feeling weird that they're camping for days already and the invasion still didn't happen.
And the gossip about "let's meet the prince!" was also funny, because it described Noctis as this wonderful, caring person who helps those in need and loves nature and shit. I mean, I have no reason to doubt that's true, but it's cool to see the contrast with the day-to-day Noctis you live with in the game. A more honest description would be "always complaining, loves to sleep, would rather let Ignis do the cooking".
It was kinda weird getting my first night without even leaving Hammerhead, though. I should make some progress.
