The frontier zone. Wuk finally gives us a minute to breathe, and in the process we learn a bit more about Erenville while tackling a (relatively) small scale issue. The english voicework in this part is also really charming; the southern accents are on point. My only real issue with the story is the rubber bullets. Like... really? lol.
Wuk is waaaaaaaaay too present in Dawntrail. It really felt like the writers realized they goofed by not giving her any prior characterization (like maybe in post-endwalker, which they squandered on a void shard filler episode) so they compensated by cramming her into every scene imaginable. That, more than anything, made me actually dislike Wuk a fair amount by the end. And maybe dislike is too strong a word. I was fatigued by her. I was tired of her. When she crashed into the finale, I was rolling my eyes and going "of course" instead of feeling hyped. Remember when Zenos effectively did the same thing in Endwalker, except it was hype af? Imagine how unhyped it would've been if Zenos had forced himself into every endwalker moment; if every quest began with "speak with zenos," and if zenos were also an annoying guy in large doses. Fatigue. That's definitely the right word. The writers made me so tired of her. Can't even have a moment at the inn without KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK guess who it is, like bruh. Leave me alone for two minutes.

So yeah, that part where she finally just goes away for a few hours was great. Dawntrail needed more of those moments. If Wuk had been less present during the Living Memory sections (or, even better, replace her with Alisaie) then the other characters would've been able to breathe a little bit during their own climactic moments. When Krile meets her parents, we don't even get to watch them work through their awkwardness for two minutes before the camera pans back over to our table, where of course Wuk is sitting, and she and graha both can't stop whining about how awkward their reunion is. And like... yeah, they've never met before now. It's natural for it to be awkward. But we can't just let them hash it out, no, we need to get involved and go on an ice cream fetch quest because wuk demanded it, and now graha's gotta bite the ice cream like a goofy idiot, and just, god forbid krile have a moment. God forbid. Homegirl can't even open the door with her own key, she's gotta have the baby do it. Jesus christ, man.