Ori and the Spirits Within: Revitalized

Epilogue: The Bonds Everlasting

It was such a relief for Ori and Vini, the two souls having been granted life once more. Ori smiled as they walked back to the Wellspring Glades, eager to see his family again and live with them again, along with the reborn form of his human brother. As for Vini, the human soul reborn into an ancient spirit's body, he was simply relieved to be alive at all, let alone with the family he cherished from the bottom of his heart.

Sein, meanwhile, was simply happy for the two of them, seeing her cherished spirit and the human soul alive. With the situation resolved, she knew it was time for her to head back to Nibel, but she didn't want to just leave without saying goodbye. Still, she knew it wouldn't be goodbye for long, knowing that both Ori and Vini could simply visit her whenever they wanted. She just wished that she could easily see them here in Nibel. Maybe that would be something for her to work on in the meantime...

The three spirits eventually wound up back in the Wellspring Glades, the late afternoon sun shining brightly in the sky. People were chatting with one another all around, but the two unidentified spirits caught the eye of two curious younger moki as they ran up to them...

"O-Ori!" the young moki exclaimed, sounding male.

"Hi..." Ori replied with a smile.

"I-I thought there weren't any other spirits in Niwen yet," a female moki spoke up. "Wh-Who are those people?"

"Oh, uh... m-my name's Vini," he waved shyly.

"And I'm Sein," she smiled at the kids. "We came from another forest to, uh... see Ori and help him out a little bit."

"Wh-Where did you come from?"

"I'm from Nibel, same as Ori," Sein replied. "It's not too far from here..."

"And what about you?" the male moki asked. "Since you have a different color, you aren't from Nibel, right?"

"W-Well... y-yeah, I'm... uh..." Vini had no idea how he could answer this question, given he didn't know many other forests in this world... or did he?

"W-Well, I'm from, uh... N-N... Nor... in? Yeah, Norin..."

"Hm? Never heard of it before," the moki shrugged.

"Obviously, Lynx," the female moki replied, rolling her eyes playfully. "You didn't even know Nibel was a thing before Ori came along."

"W-Well, I'm not as studious as you, Orenna!" Lynx replied in a huff.

"H-Hey, no reason to fight," Ori chuckled. "Anyways, just so you know, Vini's gonna be living with me and my family. Don't be afraid to come and talk to him. He's very friendly, I assure you..."

"Alright," the two moki nodded.

"Hey, Lynx!" The ground turned to see Grom approaching the group, a small shovel in his hand. "You said you were going to help us dig out the tree stump, right?"

"Oh, right!" Lynx replied. "You wanna help too, Orenna?"

"S-Sure, I guess," she shrugged. "W-We'll see you guys later!"

"Yep, see ya!" Ori waved them goodbye.

"Bye," Vini smiled at the young moki as they ran off to help Grom with his project. He felt Ori wrap his arms around Vini, making him chuckle and give a smile back. He looked over to Sein, expecting to see her smiling at them, but she had this... questioning look on her face.

"Um... e-everything alright, Sein?" Vini asked her.

"Uh... y-yeah," Sein replied, shaking her head. "Just lost in thought, that's all."

"That's fine, Sein," Ori smiled at her as he let go of Vini. "Well, we should head back home!"

"Yeah," Vini smiled, following Ori and Sein as they walked towards the little cove at the north end of the Glades. Once they arrived, they noticed the rest of the family walking out to greet them, all with soft smiles on their faces.