What Happened Before 1

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Elise recounts her arrival in the village of Saint-Exil.

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You will get this tape when Elise wakes up after completing Edge 1.

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Elise;It all started six years ago:
Elise;At the time, I was still a student
Elise;and I spent the little free time I had at the bar with my group of friends.
Elise;In fact, we always went to the same one, we were happy there.
Elise;What we particularly liked
Elise;were the concerts organized by small amateur groups that came by from time to time.
Elise;Nothing very extraordinary in itself,
Elise;but the atmosphere they created was magical
Elise;and went wonderfully with our little evenings based on the cheapest beers we could find...
Elise;After all, we were still students.
Elise;And then there was this group...
Elise;They had been coming for several days and their music kind of... hypnotized me.
Elise;The type of rock that you don't forget, and that I haven't forgotten.
Elise;I must admit that the guitarist had something to do with it...
Elise;His name was Pierre.
Elise;There were always these moments after the concerts
Elise;when the members of the group hung out a bit at the bar...
Elise;But I didn't dare approach him... And I think he didn't either.
Elise;The more it went, the more our eyes met, sought each other...
Elise;I felt that something was happening...
Elise;One evening, when the effects of the alcohol were strong,
Elise;I no longer hesitated: I went to see him.
Elise;From an outside perspective it was probably embarrassing, at least I would have been.
Elise;But that didn't seem to bother him.
Elise;We talked for hours, but it seemed like it was over in an instant.
Elise;I could see he was shy and when we left the bar, I grabbed his arm and kissed him...
Elise;We shouldn't have parted on a misunderstanding.
Elise;I love this story... Our story...
Elise;But that doesn't explain why we chose Saint-Exil to fully live our life together, does it?
Elise;At that time, Pierre and I were in our last year of college,
Elise;we had already been able to take full advantage of the city and its agitation.
Elise;And even if the years we spent there were fantastic, we really needed a change of scenery.
Elise;A return to a calmer setting... Yep, that's what we needed.
Elise;And it was when we were watching a report on a seaside region that we had the click:
Elise;the landscapes were simply sublime!
Elise;I will always remember what Pierre said to me at that time: "Honey, okay, let’s move."
Elise;We just had time to finish our studies and put some money aside
Elise;when an advertisement for a house for rent in Saint-Exil caught our eye.
Elise;This song... Pierre had written a song about all that...