Sooooo...what do you guys think about the story shown so far?

[Mieck]

Anyone else find the reunion with Minfilia a little jarring?

Minfilia: "Well met, friend. My name is Minfilia, and I lead the Scions of the Seventh Dawn."
Then she walks towards you and says, I can only presume the next section in an undertone.
"After five long years... you've come back to us, just as Louisoix said you would... Words cannot describe the joy I feel at this moment. Welcome home. Aye, I remember you still, and everything you fought for. Know that you are not entirely forgotten."

After that, she reverts to what I guess is the normal quest text, and carries on as if she and the Circle of Knowing don't remember you.

There's no indication, other than that she approaches you, that she's whispering or talking in an undertone. Maybe could have done with a different text bubble outline, like the linkshell one used in the Echo scenes at the battle, ore something similar.