Gossip
As you may have already guessed, the title of this section is a little misleading. Ellone is far too lovable to be the target of gossip, however, other characters do speak about her during the game. Following is a collection of quotes from the game script which concern Ellone.

Winhill Past, disc 2
Laguna: I get scared sometimes. Scared of waking up somewhere else... Scared of not seeing Ellone...

Reminiscing in Trabia Garden, disc 2
Young Squall: ...Sis...
Squall: I was always waiting for 'Sis' to come back.
Young Squall: I'm...all alone. But I'm doing my best... I'll be ok without you, Sis. I'll be able to take care of myself.
Squall: (...I didn't turn out ok at all.)
Young Squall: ...Sis Elle...
Squall: Elle...Ellone. So, Ellone was 'Sis'. She was a bit older than us, and we all used to call her 'Sis'. Quistis, Zell, Selphie, Irvine, Seifer, Ellone and myself... Yeah... I'm not sure what the meaning behind all this is, but we were definitely together.
...
Zell: You mean, Sis is Ellone?
Selphie: She's the one that takes us back to Laguna's period.
Squall: ...She said she wanted to change the past. I don't know why...
Quistis: There can only be one reason for that.
Selphie: She must not be happy with the present.
Zell: If that's the case, I'm definitely up for helpin' her! She's a part of our orphanage gang!
...
Irvine: Hmm... So, Sis was Ellone, eh? Everyone was fond of Sis, but you, Squall, you kept hoggin' her for yourself.

Reminiscing in Trabia Garden, disc 2
Quistis: Yes! That's right! Seifer was a kid who always needed to be the center of attention. But Squall always used to ignore him... But eventually they would end up fighting. Squall could have easily walked away from it, but always took up the challenge. He should've just ignored him, but Squall, almost in tears, would say... 'I gotta do my best by myself. Or else I won't be able to see Sis'. I guess I was trying to take Sis... I mean, Ellone's place. I tried, but to no avail...

White SeeD Ship, disc 3
White SeeD Leader: ...There was no way we were going to let the Galbadians take Ellone. Eventually, the Galbadians caught up to us and we had no choice but to prepare for battle. Then an Esthar ship appeared. A battle began between them, and we were caught in the middle of it. Then something strange happened. Suddenly, an Esthar ship came up beside us and Esthar soldiers came aboard. They told us to get aboard their ship. It sounded like an order to evacuate. Of course, we refused. We didn't trust them just as we didn't trust the Galbadians. As the Esthar soldiers were trying to convince us, the battle became more intense. Soon they were forced to leave our ship. As their ship was pulling away, Ellone yelled out something. Then, all of a sudden, she jumped onto their ship. It wasn't like her at all. To this day, I don't understand why she did that. After that, Esthar's fleet withdraw from battle and fled.

Ragnarok, disc 3
Squall: I can't remember anything about my parents... But...Ellone was there for me. Ellone was there to hold my hand.
Rinoa: Makes you feel safe and secure?
Squall: Sure. But she left. Just disappeared. I'm afraid... Afraid of having that feeling of comfort taken away.
Rinoa: You were afraid of losing us? Is that why you kept your distance?
Squall: I was always alone...

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