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

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[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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[ombra_lira]

[Sheik cringes a little. Don't make that comparison. "My instrument would not turn its back on me if I unintentionally mistreated it".]

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[purpledemoneyes.livejournal.com]

No, I suppose not. [He does take notice of Sheik's use of unintentional, though.] This must be difficult for you.

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[ombra_lira]

["No more difficult than any other time I have lost something important". He's lying, though. This hurts more than just losing someone he cared for...]

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[purpledemoneyes.livejournal.com]

Sheik, it's always difficult to lose people you care about. Even if you can't remember Link, I don't think the loss of his friendship is possible to not feel.

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[ombra_lira]

[...Sheik sighs and finally turns to look at Tsuzuki. "Perhaps I am too consumed by the loss of my memories to care much for him at the moment."]

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[purpledemoneyes.livejournal.com]

[Tsuzuki's wings droop at the suggestion. He's conflicted and feeling guilty at the same time.]

Sorry. I didn't think about how you must feel. The idea of losing memories... Well, I have to admit that I wish I could be in your shoes. [He realizes what he's said and guiltily hurries on.]

I should've understood that you don't feel the same way I do when it comes to these things. You like to be in control of your memories, I think? By taking them away, Malnosso did you a great injustice, and now you feel like everyone else is leaving with them.

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[ombra_lira]

["It is not a matter of control." You could almost hear the growl that would be there, if Sheik had his voice. "Loss of memory is a kind of deterioration I cannot afford to have. Twice now, I have died prematurely and been brought back intact." ...That's edging dangerously close to things he doesn't want to reveal...]

["My voice I could accept as a sacrifice to continue living. Memory of crucial events I know should have occurred in Hyrule is not acceptable payment. Whether or not anyone is leaving has nothing to do with it." Abandonment is only a secondary hurt.]

[Tread carefully, Tsuzuki. This is quite obviously a sensitive subject to be poking at.]

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[purpledemoneyes.livejournal.com]

[His voice is gentle, since he can feel that they're close to fighting. Tsuzuki doesn't want Sheik to think this is something they need to argue about.]

You shouldn't have had to sacrifice anything.

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[ombra_lira]

["It is preferable to permanent death, regardless of the problems it may cause". He dies, Hyrule's fucked. Put in simplest terms, anyway. Even put that way, though, it doesn't make him any happier.]