I thought it was a very good scene, but I'm not gonna act like it wasn't a little random and possibly a little cheap. It was a easy way out for the writers to connect the characters and add a level of depth to their plight.

But you can't hate on the whole "wait...who was the matron?" part of it, the music stops, visec lithos whatever-the-hell comes on and it's Edea. That was some crazy stuff. Storytelling elements like that is why the PSX generation is my favorite.