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[cawdad]

@rastus

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[sublimebeast]

This world?

Then, if something happened to the Bonfire, this whole world would...

What would happen to us? To everything...

[cawdad]

Yes. This world. The bonfire... is important, rawk. It is a gift.

I do not know, mm, I do not know what would happen. Not exactly. But the bonfire cannot die. It can only be killed, rrrk, by World Eaters.

[sublimebeast]

...Do you know anything about them?

The World Eaters?

[cawdad]

Mmm...

[There's silence on Rastus' end for a long moment. He seems to be thinking.]

Some. I am the bonfire keeper. I tend to the flames. The others, crrk, they know more. Robin. Dr. Solis. Mm. The Night Market woman.

Why? Do you have questions?

[sublimebeast]

Yeah, lots.

I know they're bigger than buildings, they eat stars and they're on their way here.

But that's it. If I'm gonna have to fight them I need to know more, much more...

[cawdad]

[Rastus grunts.]

Why do you have to fight them?

[sublimebeast]

Because they're a threat. They're destroying stars so it's us or them, right?

[Come on, Rastus, stabbing make bad things fix!]

[cawdad]

Mm. Mmmm... That is an opinion you have. It is not fact.

[He hesitates, the edges of his beak gnashing together in thought.]

We are part of nature. There is a cycle. Crrk. We each, rr, have a role. The World Eaters have a role. I am the bonfire keeper.

Do you understand?

[sublimebeast]

[There's a long pause as Link considers this.]

Uhm...No.

No, I don't!

The death of this world is part of some kinda life cycle? If that's true then why are we here!?

[cawdad]

Crrk. The portal. It is unnatural. It has disrupted... mmrr, it has disrupted the cycle.

We are not meant to be here. We were never meant to be here.

[sublimebeast]

Where did the portal come from, then? Someone must have opened it...

The Lighthouse Keeper?

[cawdad]

Mm. No. The native. The scientist who disguises herself as one of them. She opened it.

[He huffs and goes quiet a moment, thinking.]

Solis.

[sublimebeast]

...I think I've heard the name but that's it.

Did she ever say why? Did she mean to bring us here with it?

[Are you sick of hearing questions that would be better suited to other people yet?]

[cawdad]

Meh. Science.

[He shrugs, forgetting he's on a phone call.]

She lost control. Rrk, of the portal. She did not intend for this.

[sublimebeast]

Didn't intend--

Us being here can't be some dumb mistake!

[He's the Hero. He's not sure what happens if a Hero vanishes from Hyrule but it can't be anything good.]

[cawdad]

Err?

[There's genuine puzzlement in his voice&mash;or whatever noise that was.]

Why not?

[sublimebeast]

Because--

Because there has to be a reason my Gods let me come here! There has to be a reason they let me die and then didn't allow me to move on!

If I'm not here to save everyone, then...

[cawdad]

Mm... I see. I see. I am sorry.

[Rastus is quiet for a long, long moment.]

The burden to resolve this place, rrk, does not fall upon you alone. We are... Rawk, we are victims as much as, mmr, masters. Of our own future.