i'm not kidding when i say this was my reaction when i first saw maskless melia:

like...i knew there was lore dump coming when the real nia was revealed (in which YES I ALSO LOST MY MIND WHEN SHE FIRST SPOKE ALKSDJFLASKJDFLDS MY GIRL NIA IS ALIVE AND BAAAAAACK!!! LASKDJFLASKJDFLAKJSDFLKJAS), but I was NOT expecting them to show melia right at the start of chapter 7!!!! LIKE HELLO?!?!?!?! I was *literally* speechless and could not concentrate on what was being said cus I was like "oH FUCK I'M WITNESSING THE MOMENT I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR SINCE I FIRST HEARD OF THIS GAME AND KNEW MELIA WAS GONNA BE IN IT" and it wasn't until my second time watching the cutscene that i realized THE ERYTH SEA THEME (aka the theme that made me CRY when i first heard it again in futures connected!!!) WAS PLAYING IN THE BACKGROUND!!! LAKDJFLAKSJDFLKAJDLKFJ

i'm sorry for screaming but i'm love melia's character so damn much and i'm glad that she isn't evil or anything of the sort. can't wait to see what happens next!!!!!!!