Well I'm just the assiest of asses, here I am thinking you were the one that didn't respond to me...ugh. Gomen gomen, I really didn't mean to ignore either of those.
But yeah. It's been years since I watched watched...almost 10 years, even, but I was a pretty big fan. I might actually rewatch it since it was such a neat concept and, in particular, I remember being a pretty big fan of the character. One thing I'm as big a fan of now as I was back then was Falco, and I ended up falling in love with No Regret later.
BTW, shallow question, but have you watched Hibike?