I'm personally surprised Cid hasn't caught onto the deja vu of it all.

The entire thing feels almost exactly the same as the Crystal Tower story: large overhyped landmark, appearances from key MSQ characters, and the surprise walk-on minority character with a "mysterious" connection to the doomsday-device-of-the-week. Only real difference so far is that instead of investigating in the hopes of finding some sort of connection, Mide is upfront pretty much from the start that Alexander itself is her primary motivation.

Calling it now, but the end result will probably be the same, too. She'll find some way to sacrifice herself so that the dream can live on while simultaneously making sure none of it ever has to be brought up again as a plot point.