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[ Link's mental space feels like being outside, so depending on where you are, you might not realize that someone has started Communion with you. Since joining the Zenith, the landscape of Link's mind has gone from idyllic, sunny forests to icy, overcast mountains. A frigid wind blows against your face, carrying the scent of firewood and meat roasting over an open flame. The diminutive Hylian is not sitting by the fire, but standing at the edge of a rocky ledge, his back turned. ]

There's going to be another Oracle soon. I can feel it. The rest of you can feel it too, right? That... pulling feeling.

[ He sighs. ]

If we lose this one, it's over. The Meridian isn't going to go easy on us. I know them... I know how badly they want to win. To them, the stakes couldn't be higher.

So let's talk. About what we're going to be up against, and... well, planning ahead isn't really something we can do, but at least we can warn each other of the dangers that individual Meri pose.

And I... I want to say something, too.

[ He sits down where he stands, his feet hanging off the cliff. There's a sense that he knows this isn't going to go over well, but it's important enough to him to say it anyway. ]

Killing the other guy before they kill you is what war is. That's normal. But Kenos is different. Death doesn't work the way it should here. We don't die permanently. You can neutralize someone threatening you by just dissipating them. There's nothing to gain by destroying their soul after you're no longer in danger.

So, I don't think any of us should shatter anyone ever again.

If you claim someone's Shard, you should protect it. If you feel that you can't do that, give it to someone else.

...I'm not stupid. I know a lot of you aren't gonna agree to this. And the Meris probably won't either. I'm sure they want revenge for what happened to Quetzalcoatl, and those of you who lost the Shards Yima gave you probably aren't feeling very merciful right now either...

But if we don't come to some kinda agreement now, that's going to become normal. Things are gonna get really bad. I don't want that. So... can we talk about it, at least?

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Our karma?

That is what I said, yes.

I can「see」it... and I will give it form.

How?

How do your tattoos work exactly?

Surely you do not expect a lady to just give up all her secrets right off the bat? A woman without mystery is not nearly as desired.

[the sensation in communion of said woman blowing a warm waft of smoke from her pipe into his "face"]

But I will tell you I have a certain... proprietary ink.

What can they do?

I may be...interested.

If Amos Burton chooses to tell you what his does, then you will have his testimonial... Otherwise, I will keep mum upon it to preserve its use.

But if it is works I have completed in my own world, may it rest in peace...

I have returned a voice to the voiceless, and motion to a limb that would not move. I have provided armor, and I have provided protection from heat, or from cold...

Anything that is to do with the skin, or within reach of where my ink can seep... It may be available to you.

Chooses to tell me, eh?

Is it dangerous for us to know what these tattoos do for each other?

“Dangerous”, no.

But his is more effective the more people are in the dark about it, that is all I will say. He can choose to divulge if he wishes, but it will not come from my lips~

Maybe what I want is more effective if it's a secret too.

How would I reach out to you?

[He still isn't used to controlling Communion.]

Maybe it is~

[And, as per his question...]

Like this ♡

[There is the sensation of being wrapped in something warm, something soft, perhaps something like fur... ? But when the sensation falls away, he will find himself in a dark place, alone with Kiritsubo. At least, the sense of her, less distinct figure and more just the sense of Woman wreathed in pipe smoke with eyes that are blacker than night. She... is quite good at Communion.]

You can speak freely here.

[There is a sense of Yuber bristling, teeth bared as an unfamiliar force embraces him but he relaxes once he knows he's not about to be attacked.]

Can your tattoos protect someone from magic?

[He'll just get straight to the point.]

[What a funny little thing. Other members of her kind might bare their teeth in turn, but Kiritsubo's own fangs... remain behind smiling, sensual lips.]

They can...

Of course, it is more effective when one knows exactly what kind of magic on is countering. Do you have a certain magic that you...

[Hmm]

"Fear"?

"Fear"?

I don't fear anything!

[A complete lie, but he feels sure that the things he fears most can't find him in Kenos. He hopes they can't find him...]

But that doesn't mean I don't need protection from... from...

Tsk!

[There is a sense of him waving his hands in frustration.]

What's the proper term? "Charms?"

Oh, of course not~ Men are known for being fearless.

[She... does not bother to sound terribly convincing, but. Semantics~ Like-]

Charms that affect you in various ways... or charms that charm you?

Charms that bind.

I need to move.

[Physically, spiritually, mentally...]

If I'm to be useful to Zenith then I cannot allow myself to be sealed, now, can I?

Binding, hmmm...

A legitimate concern.

[Says the woman who... has used tattoos to bind people more than once in her hundreds of years of life. But that just means-]

I know how to counter such things. Seals are something of a specialty of mine. Worry not.

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