Talk:Noctis Vs Dante/@comment-26036704-20180721082751/@comment-5035900-20180721094135

I do count the pre-fight because it is still part of the experience and often when longer serves the purpose of setting up the in-battle story and context. Otherwise you'd just have a super-long battle stemming from "I don't know you. Let's fight."

So yeah, pre-fights and even post-fights in some cases definitely have their place in the word count in my opinion.