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[theeyeoftruth]

[Around Sheik's head, there is the still-dark sky, cloudless and sharp. He seems to be sitting on a stone roof - the keen-eyed might be able to figure out that he's actually on top of the temple

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[notmycreampuffs]

[Funny? Not really.]

Sometimes he's pushed.

[The sight on her side is little more than a curtain of blonde and knees drawn up, under her chin. There's a rustling; shifting sounds.]

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[theeyeoftruth]

Ah - well, that is another possibility.

[And a strange one to come out with, surely. He wonders at it - at where she was pushed, and how. It scarcely occurs to him that she means literally.

His voice is calm, but not unkind - the observation is made softly, for he does not wish to push too much.]

My lady Saki has seen more worlds than this one.

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[notmycreampuffs]

[... that's]

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[notmycreampuffs]

No. Just speculating, really. Don't mind me.

[gate_guard_girl]

You sound like you know a lot about the borders between worlds.

[ A pause, while she considers the shadow's words from her first day here. How that, if she had questions, there is one person she should find... ] Are you Link, by chance?

[theeyeoftruth]

Some, my lady. Sheik is my name, though I know him.

[gate_guard_girl]

[ At least she was close? This Link guy must be popular if so many people know him! She speaks quickly. ] I'm Hong Meiling. I'm pretty new, and I've been trying to figure out how I got in here, so that I can find the way out. Do you know anything about the borders here? Do you travel them a lot? Is this kind of a common thing?

[theeyeoftruth]

We did not come here of our own accord, and nor can we leave of such. The walls here are too high for one to scale, unfortunately.

[dat_guardian]

That an axis requires a pin is logic you will not find with the Fair Folk.

They answer to few gods and to fewer kings.

You walk not in the shadow of a tower here, little minstrel, but between the mirrors and smoke of a faery lady's bower.

[theeyeoftruth]

Logic hardly needs to be much of a factor, my lord. And I doubt not that their power is one which reigns quite supreme here... in tandem with your own.

[dat_guardian]

Hm.

There's no doubt in my mind as to why she stole you, minstrel.

[theeyeoftruth]

I am sure she had her reasons for plucking us all up, sire.

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[endofdaydream]

Sometimes it's not quite a step, but more a leap of faith.

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[theeyeoftruth]

Sometimes. Few will make such a jump, however.

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[endofdaydream]

The jump isn't so hard to make once you have nothing left to lose.

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[theeyeoftruth]

Generally, my lady, there is a hand at the back of the one jumping, in such circumstances.

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[offorever]

[ ... Oh. Well, this is different from the usual posts. Might even be a little bit amusing for the time being. ]

You'll find it's usually the ones who want to get somewhere that end up getting nowhere in the end. Because their resolve isn't strong enough.

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[theeyeoftruth]

And then their road is a cyclical one, my lady.

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[offorever]

It will end eventually, though.

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[theeyeoftruth]

As all things do.