Playing With Knives- LoZ

scene 14- asleep

"Thank the goddesses! We found him!"
"Oh, good- oh, fu-"
"No cursing!"
"Sorry."
"Hey guys- what the hell happened here!?"
"I dunno. He looks almost dead."
"That's nothing to joke about!"
"Jeez, Twilight. Calm down."
"You don't know what- oh, never mind. We need to get him back to camp."
"Got it."

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"You found him!"
"Yup. Although, he was-"
"Oh my goddesses!"
"That's exactly what we thought."
"Is he okay? His cut is bleeding again! This is my fault. I distracted him earlier, and I offered to take his food."
"Wind, wait- oh. Now we have to things to worry about. We find one person, and another runs off."
"I'll go after him."
"Thanks. I'll take care of Wild."

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"I found him!"
"Oh, good. Is everything okay, Wind?"
"Obviously not! Wild could die because of me!"
"This isn't your fault."
"How do you know?"
"I... uh..."
"I've got this, Twilight."
"Thanks, Sky."
"No problem. He doesn't know. Neither do I. We do know that..."
"He's good."
"Yeah. He can always find words to comfort someone."
"What about Wild, though?"
"Sometimes... sometimes it's a lot harder to help someone. Especially if they think they can't be helped."
"What do you mean?"
"... I'm not the right person to ask about that."

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"Hey, Twilight?"
"Yeah?"
"How is he?"
"Better."
"Really? He still looks really bruised up."
"Wind, you should be asleep."
"I can't sleep, though. I'm worried."
*sigh* "You can sit with me."
"Thanks."

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"Mmmm..."
"Is he alseep?"
"Yes, I think so."
"Oh! I didn't see you there, Time."
"Heh. Those two are close."
"Yeah. Almost like brothers."
"I agree."
"Do you know Wild's story?"
"No. Do you?"
"... Yes."
"Really? How?"
"Has he talked about a wolf before?"
"Hmmm... No, I don't think so."
"Well, he had a wolf with him for part of his journey."
"Let me guess- it was you in your Twilight form?"
"Yup."
"Interesting. How did you get to his world?"
"Once, when I was here, I found a large rock-like object. It looked like some sort of mechanical thing, but it was huge. I touched it, and I was transported to a place I didn't know. That was his world. I later learned that it was a guardian that I had found. What he was talking about when he freaked out about the alarm."
"Really?"
"Yup. When I found him, it was at a stable. I was in my wolf form, talking to a dog. He came across me and the dog, and dropped a bunch of meat onto the ground. We both ate it, of course. I sensed something about hin, so I followed him. I'm glad I followed him. This happened when he was pretty far into his quest. He was almost done. He only had one Divine Beast- basically a giant dungeon- to complete. He also had two memories left to find. I should probably tell you about the memories. So, 100 years ago, he died. He was resurrected, but he lost all of his memories, so he had to find some of them. When I came into the picture, he had found all of them except two. Those two affected homes, and not in a good way. Before he found them, he was happy and lighthearted, and he spoke. Not much, but he still spoke. But after... after he found them, he went down an emotional spiral. He started freaking out, scared of nothing. He was afraid to go to sleep. He didn't want to have nightmares, and he was afraid he'd getting attacked in the night. If course, the second fear was already something he was wary of, but the memories intensified that fear. He'd go to extreme measures to avoid the castle and those two places, specifically Fort Hateno. 'Bad vibes,' he said. He never showed me any of the memories. I just pieced together a few things, like him dying. He would wake up at night, crying about 'dying again.' On some days, he would be so down in the dumps that he wouldn't do anything. He'd just sit around. Other days, he freaked out multiple times. And others, he'd just cry. He'd have more tears than you'd think possible. On those days, I always went into my normal form at night and make soup. After I made it, I'd go back to being a wolf and I'd curl up with him. It was hard at times, and I wasn't able to be with him 24/7, but I tried to be there as much as possible."
"Wow. How'd you get back?"
"I don't really know. I kind of just walked off, and I'd eventually find myself back here again."
*yawn* "Morning guys."
"Ah, he's awakened."
"I forgot I was here. Do you think he's any better?"
"Probably."

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"Laa, da. Laa, da. Laa, da. Laa, da. Laa, da. Laa, daa."
"Whatcha humming? It's pretty."
"I don't know. I kind of just made it up."
"Huh. Well, I like it."

"I can see why Wild likes that kid. He can make anyone smile by just saying something."

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"Hello."
"Hey, Sky."
"How's he doing?"
"He's doing well. He hasn't woken up yet."
"I wonder what happened to him."
"Yeah..."
"Hopefully he'll wake up soon."
"Yeah."