I'm all for clever localization but please don't just leave out important story.

[Kayokane]

JP: This light... You protect him! Hydaelyn, you bestow more power on this one, who already bears the Echo!
EN: Hmph. Trickery is they shield. This frail, ignoble creature is not gifted, but chosen...

Here you have the rest of the text where he seems to be talking to Hydaelyn, in the first he talks to Hydaelyn, we can't know if she is listening or not, as you said this is just speculation until we can advance in the story, but EN text just implies how Midgar notices Hydaelyn's intentions in our power.

Also i have took the sentences from Zantitrach's post, who disagrees with me, i have not been tricky or tried to hide anything, you can check the whole text in the previous page (depending on your forum settings).

In both versions context I think that the light surrounding the WoL would most likely be Hydaelyn "speaking up" in defense of her champion whom maybe was feeling threatened by Middy's tone or something (or in the EN version the fact that he more or less says he's going to kill you) This Seems like a far stretch to me to be honest but it would encompass both localizations, assuming both to be canon of course.

[Renik]

In both versions context I think that the light surrounding the WoL would most likely be Hydaelyn "speaking up" in defense of her champion whom maybe was feeling threatened by Middy's tone or something (or in the EN version the fact that he more or less says he's going to kill you) This Seems like a far stretch to me to be honest but it would encompass both localizations, assuming both to be canon of course.

I see your point, from a more or less speculative perspective, you could say Hydaelyn is talking to him in both versions, but in this case only in the Japanese one Middy (gonna borrow this lol) seem to be talking to her, while in EN it looks more like a monologue with the player as an spectator, may be it's just me, but i see a big difference here.