I was counting the whole thing with the first two towns as the intro. You go to town, meet a blue haired chick, have a long drawn out talk with her, have a long drawn out dinner with her mom (Claude moves fast! What a playa), have a long drawn out talk with the town mayor, have another long drawn out talk the next morning, go to the next town over, have a couple talks with some townsfolk, break into a manor, fight one or two badguys, fight a boss (after long talk), go back to first village, have an ultra-long conversation spread all over town and over the course of a day and a half, then FINALLY be given your two characters and free reign on going out exploring the world. After that, the game is quite good.