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[There is music, as there often is from him. In World's End, he had a wider choice, a better selection - here it is his humble lyre, but he sees nothing to complain about in that. The melody itself is something pleasant, perhaps uplifting to hear, even if it is based around simple scales
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This land is gentle, unlike her inhabitants. We shall be well prepared for winter, so long as we continue to work toward our collective well being.
[ Then, opening her eyes, ] The World's End was cruel enough to instill such worry in a Sheikah?
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If I may, what sort of hardships did the inhabitants of World's End endure?
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The winter of End World was a fell thing. I admit, I had only felt its like in the bitter north. But it was not only the icy chill and walls of snow that threatened us...
One thing you must understand of that place, my lady, was that it was where all worlds met. Therefore, things bled through as a raw wound through a bandage... The shift and turn of the tower brought many things, from many realms, and in winter...
It so happens that in Westeros, there is a legend told of the coldest of armies. The Others walk garbed in frost, dead to our world. They are strong and they are quick, they know neither pain nor fatigue - only one thing can bring them down. And with them come wights, not near so strong, but many. The touch of all is an infliction of agonizing cold, and their weapons shatter steel.
Every winter night, we were locked in battle with them. Without fail.
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[ Quite the sobering tale to hear. It reflects in Zelda's expression. ]
I see. Truly, a dark land. [ Again, she pauses. ] I pray that our captors will not be capable of such cruelties.
[ She trails off, attention drawn inward as she contemplates how best to guard against such a threat, if any similar happenings might occur here in Demeleier. ]
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Sheik speaks dryly.]
He has a tendency to downplay the severity of circumstances he experienced, my lady.
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[And then, more gravely:]
I doubt the others will come, but there may be other threats. Many of these fae seemed tied to elements, after all.
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Optimism, perhaps.
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Indeed. What sort of defenses were effective against the Others? Perhaps we may test them against the fae.
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Might be.]
Foolishness, certainly.
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Fire could keep the wights away, my lady, but the Others had only one weakness - obsidian blades.
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