[Waking is much like dreaming. [Consciousness is a deep fog of sounds and shadowy images. It is made of the faces she has seen, yesterday and tomorrow; the smell of battles won and lost; the ghost of tears on her cheeks or lips on her mouth.
["Brother! No!" " ...my hour of need..." "I've been waiting for you..." "...you are a true hero!" "Our
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She lingers outside of the throne room, an area she's yet to explore, close, but out of sight.]
(ooc: Sorry I didn't catch this yesterday. If this tag is made of confused fail, just smack me and I'll edit it.)
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Who's...[Zelda wonders if she should bother finishing the sentence.]...there?
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Sheik enters the throne room, standing tall, regarding the princess with a cool, unflinching gaze. He lingers close to the doorway, should he require a quick escape.]
Pardon my intrusion. I meant no harm.
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[She presses a hand to her mouth, shaking, trying to remember who she is, and through all of the memories, Zelda is ashamed.]
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Are you all right, miss?
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[And breathes out her confusion, as best as she can.]
I am...fine. Who are... you?
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No one of importance - a curious passerby. One of the more newer tourists of this fine land, you could say.
[If you could call it that. Hyrule's nice, from what Sheik's seen so far. Beautiful, even. He'd appreciate it more if his little visit hadn't come at such an inconvenient time.]
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You came here of free will?
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Not exactly. I seem to have taken a wrong turn and lost my way.
[He takes a few slow, nonchalant steps into the room as he speaks, testing the proverbial waters. Would this young woman label him an intruder?]
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[She doesn't know exactly what to say about that. Something tells her that is not how she arrived in this place--for it wasn't where she was born--but Zelda doesn't know what to point out.]
I do not recall how I came here. I simply woke from a long sleep.
[She's unsure why she tells him this--he can't offer her answers--yet it makes her happy to voice even a small bit of her confusion.]
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[It's an allusion he's making; Sheik thinks it's one she'll notice. He smiles a bit beneath the mask - a friendly smile that catches in his eyes.]
You'll be happy to know no maze of thorns or malicious dragons await you beyond the castle walls.
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Why would I suspect dragons to come here? Is Volvagia awakened?
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Are you called Sheik?
[She asks the question to, in turn, throw his guard off.]
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I am. It seems to be a common name here. [More common than he'd like it to be.]
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Do you know my name, then?
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