Just a quick question I was discussing somewhere a while back regarding Melchior's memory. I'm sure you here will be able to answer this without great difficulty.
Does Melchior, at the fair, remember Crono? Surely he sees Crono when the hero rescues him from his frost-ridden imprisionment on the mountain of woe, and so, when cast to the future should remember him. But that said, does that only change after Crono does the deed, or is it always done? Could Melchior, when he sees Crono at the fair, recognize him, or does this only occur after the events in Zeal. (In other words, is it the sort of twist as, if you happen to know the 'Time's Arrow' episode of Star Trek. Guinan is in the 18th century, so when Picard travels back in time to there, he sees her, and knows all about her, whereas she knows nothing. Inversely, when they 'first' meet in the 23rd century she knows more about him than he does about she. Oh, and I just happen to know the Next Generation episodes. Good show, but I'm not a Trekkie by any measure, just so everyone knows. I'm firmly in the Star Wars camp in the ST/SW conflict. Mandalorians over Klingons and all that.)