Now I'm off to try to beat .Hack/Mutation. I THINK I'm almost done it. Granted, unlike the first game which just tossed me into a battle with the end boss with no warning whatsoever, Mutation has taunted me with at least two major boss battles so far.

At this rate I'll just have a conversation with someone and the game will be over. *shrug*

Lots of neat plot twists so far and I can't wait for the 3rd installment so I can see where some of these hints they're tossing will go.