idealism | Fuda # 15 | [House 49 - action/voice] Backdated to before Link and Sheik got drafted, I guess.

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Fuda # 15 | [House 49 - action/voice] Backdated to before Link and Sheik got drafted, I guess.

[Tsuzuki's talking to someone off camera, oblivious that he's transmitting their conversation to the whole town. He sounds upset.]

What do you mean 'Link's moving out'? Can't we at least talk about this?

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I don't think so. Maybe the Great Deku Tree just told us that because it's really dangerous out in the field. But I'm not a real Kokiri, so I can't really tell.

I wouldn't be surprised. What you described is an excellent way of controlling a group of people. Maybe the... Great Deku Tree did it to keep you safe until you were old enough to leave.

Maybe... [He looks a little doubtful.] But the Kokiri don't get old... maybe he just told me to leave because I'm a Hylian and was the only one who could.

Maybe. Why were you the only Hylian living there, Link?

[There's a bit of doubt on Link's face - some uncertainty.] My... mother. I never knew her, but the Deku Sprout - he was born after the Great Deku Tree died - told me that when I was a baby, she got really badly hurt and ran into the forest with me. And I got left there and she died.

[It's strange - intellectually, ever since he learnt of his Hylian heritage and what it means, he knows he's supposed to have a mother. But it feels disconnected - like it's some other Link.]

I know how you feel. I don't remember much about my mother, either.

I'm sorry she died before you had a chance to get to know her, Link.

It's okay. [He shrugs a little, smiling half-heartedly.] I only learnt I was supposed to have a mother after I woke up.

[Almost curiously, he glances at Tsuzuki, gently asking,] How come you don't remember yours?

Do you ever wonder what it would be like to have parents?

It's a long time since I was a kid. [He says it as if that's the answer.] A very long time.

And I like drinking, and that hardly helps my memory!

[That does get a smile from him.] I've never drunk alcohol, so I wouldn't know. [He looks thoughtful for a moment, though, still dwelling on that rather ambiguous answer.]

I guess I didn't really have time to wonder about it... what do you mean, it's been a very long time, though? You're not that old.

That's right, you're technically underage! [He teases him easily, trying to avoid the subject.]

I know! Hijiri teases me and called me grampa because of it, though.

[Link pulls a face, but he's not dropping the subject that easily.] Huh... must grandpas are really old and have beards, though. [He thinks.] You just look normal.

Thanks! You'd never guess I was born in 1900, huh?

Not really, because I don't know when that was. [He grins a little sheepishly.] How old does that make you?

Uh, I stopped keeping count after I reached seventy. Then it became depressing.

Wow! You don't look that old at all!

Thanks! It's probably all those preservatives in the candy I wolf down. They're finally's paying off!

...Or maybe it comes with the job. My back still hurt's like an old man's, though.

My shoulders hurt a bit if I fight for too long... what is your work, anyway?

[Fighting demons, wasn't it? But then, how did that make Tsuzuki look young... and there's still those enigmatic hints that Hisoka had given him on his birthday.]

Really? I could probably give them a rub if you get too tense.

My work is kind of complicated.

Ah, it's okay. I don't fight as much here... and we've got time. All I have to do is pack up. [Whoa. Sudden tinge of bitterness.]

My shoulders get tense, anyway. I can help. [He's still unhappy about Link having to move.]

Uhm. What was it you wanted to know about it?

[Yeah, he's not the only one. Even if he is doing this to keep the peace.]

I don't know... anything. What you did... why you look like that. Is it magic? [Peeeer. Strange that his friend doesn't act like an old man.]

Some of it was magic, yes. But mostly it was just a means to protect people.

[He smiles weakly, and a little sadly.] Look like what? I've always looked like this. It's a part of the agreement.

[Link is curious, but he's not totally insensitive - the sad smile has definitely warned him to step carefully.]

Oh... I guess working there make you stop getting old? It'd be hard to run around fighting monsters if you look like an old man.

Yes. That's why Hisoka is still short, too. We stopped aging after we were recruited. But looking like an old man doesn't stop people from being powerful. My Chief is old!

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