Cool, I just started playing meself and utterly enjoying it. Using an emulator though with the retrans hacked rom or something like that. At the part where the party find Terra after she flew off...

Dude, you lost very little time, Give or take about 2 hours of play maybe less. at that point ur not even far behind me. Read somewhere that the game has 80hours of play so dont go giving in after losing 2. ( I would normally do that and say smurf it!) Save often and if ur using an emulator , abuse multiple save states.

And remember "Don't tease the octopus kids!!!!"