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Act 3, Chapter 9, Part 1:

When they first confront Ultimecia, and she tries to steal Rinoa's memories:

Then, when Seifer devises a plan to use Rinoa as the bait to lure in and trap Ultimecia:

Then, when Squall continues to worry about Rinoa partaking in Seifer's plan:

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Act 3, Chapter 9, Part 2:

When Ultimecia tries to steal Rinoa's memories and sorceress powers:

And, finally, when Rinoa tries to protect her amnesiac friends with her sorceress powers, Ultimecia tries to steal her powers again, her friends protect her but she passes out from exhaustion...

...and Seifer seemingly doesn't take this seriously (as it turns out, he did this on purpose to get Squall to stop blaming himself and focus on the mission):

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Look at how Squall literally leaps in, gunblade-a-blazing, to protect his lady sorceress, twice.

YES, SIR KNIGHT, YES!

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DFFOO:  Act 2 Chapter 10, Across the Skies

I was watching this walkthrough of Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia, and among the Lost Chapters — specifically, The Ice Reaper chapters — more specifically, The Secrets of Silent Types chapter — there's a conversation between Rinoa, Eiko, and Trey about silent-type/taciturn/lonely characters and their love for animals.

Take a good look at what Rinoa says about Squall and her dog, Sant' Angelo di Roma:

"Squall and Angelo are like best friends."

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It reminds me of two scenes in Disc 3 of Final Fantasy VIII:

When Angelo follows the party into Lunar Gate, and Squall silently reassures her that he'll take care of Rinoa:

And when the party is at Edea's House, where, if Rinoa is not in Squall's party, he has a silent conversation with Angelo before she arrives:

In a relatively short amount of time (since, officially, it's never been established how much time passes during the main narrative of Final Fantasy VIII), Squall did become like best friends with his girlfriend's dog after all.

Eeeeeeee~!

And~ now I want to see more fanfics and/or fanart of Squall and Angelo's friendship~

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NOTE 1: View the screenshots from left -> right.

NOTE 2: I am posting this before Opera Omnia ends its services. Tomorrow, Wednesday 2/28/2024 is the last full day of service for this iOS / Android video game! On Thursday 2/29, it will close its services for good.