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[theeyeoftruth]

[The night is still but for a soft breeze, audibly rustling leaves in the background of Sheik's broadcast. His voice is low, soft, and carries a rather bitter little sigh.] ...Hmph.

I suppose it doesn't matter how many times these things are sent, nor who sends them...

One can never get used to such things.

[There's a long pause, as if he's

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[tapferkeit]

[The recording runs for a while. Eventually, ocarina notes are heard. They are not trying to mimic the tune that Sheik plays on his lyre. No. This tune is played for Sheik, and it is one close to Link's heart.

He may have heard it before, but the Song of Healing is played for him regardless.]

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[theeyeoftruth]

[His sigh is heavy, but when he speaks, his voice is gentler than it was.]

Strange, how dreams can overlap.

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[tapferkeit]

[The ocarina is set down with a small thunk. Link makes no sound, but simply waits for Sheik to continue, the silence curious and waiting.]

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[theeyeoftruth]

[He can't help but feel like Link is waiting for something from him. he's unsure about what it might be - so he decides on a cursory explanation.]

...I had a dream like yours, once.

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[tapferkeit]

[There's something very curt about the reply that makes Link wonder if he misconstrued a cue there, but there's no animosity that he can detect. He looks at the communicator curiously, unsure what Sheik means. He dreamt of all the faces Link had? Or he dreamt of all the faces he - Sheik - had?

His voice is soft.]

What happened?

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[theeyeoftruth]

Oh... [And his voice is airy and low at the same time.] People I knew pulled their faces off into masks. I cut my own off. Truth be told, I can't remember much more than that. The mirror, and the scalpel...

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[tapferkeit]

[He's silent for a long while.]

You get so used... to wearing a mask...

... it's hard to remember, sometimes, which face is the real face...

[He trails off in a way that suggests he's asking if that was what Sheik felt.]

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[theeyeoftruth]

...It is.

Sometimes... we must look at the sum of all parts.

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[tapferkeit]

[Link considers telling Sheik about his time spent in Termina. It's not a tale he shares with many people, but there's a sudden burst of desire to do so just now. He opens his mouth...

... and can't share it. Not now. Not like this, where someone couldn't see him.

So he closes his mouth and gives a small noise of assent.]

It's not easy when you forget it yourself.

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[theeyeoftruth]

[He sees that, and wonders at it - but it's not his place to ask.]

...No. It's not. But few things are.

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[tapferkeit]

[He smiles.]

That's true.

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[theeyeoftruth]

It doesn't make them impossible.

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[tapferkeit]

'Impossible' just means 'difficult'.

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[theeyeoftruth]

Hn... How like you.

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[tapferkeit]

[He smiles.]

It's true.

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[theeyeoftruth]

Perhaps.