#affinity call

At Level 38 Affinity with him, Caleb will call MC and talk about the upcoming storm, and also invite her to fly a plane with him straight into the eye of the storm to find a "paradise" like MC once wished for. The call is “Hurricane Chaser”.

When I heard this call, I immediately thought of Laputa: Castle in the sky - a Ghibli movie that I really love. In the movie, the two main characters, Sheeta and Pazu, also get through storms in a giant cloud to reach its center, where there is the castle named Laputa with countless treasures and a civilization far superior to humans on the ground.

Maybe this is just a coincidence, or maybe this is a super cute Ghibli ref. MC probably heard this story (or in my headcanon, she even watched the movie), and wished to fly to the calm place in the middle of the storm, where there is a serene paradise. Not to mention that I see similarities between Pazu and Caleb; both are good pilots, willing to take risks, love to explore; especially they always take care of Sheeta/MC. Sheeta/MC possesses a great power that many people are after. Pazu/Caleb had to leave Sheeta/MC once, then came back to continue their journey together. Although the situations are not the same, their fates are different, but I see some similarities like that between the characters of the movie and the game.