Tales of Link
Starlight Sinking Into the Blue
Chapter 7: Feelings Sunk in the Blue
Scene 3: Heart's Sea, Start
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I dip my feet into the encroaching waves.
One step at a time, I walk into the water.
I continue walking into the cove until I'm chest deep—
And then I take a deep, deep breath.
Link: —!
I sink into the calm water filling the cove.
My movement disturbs the water and sends out ripples.
When I open my eyes underwater, I find that it's much deeper than I thought.
At the bottom is the place you talked about, the place for you to be alone.
That must be where you are.
I wonder how long I can stay down here, considering how much air my lungs can hold.
When I think about it, I realize that the tightness in my chest isn't because I can't breathe.
I think it must be — "rejection."
Even so, I dive deep, deep down.
The depths of the water are just like the darkness.
I can't see anything. Only the sounds of the water reach my ears.
I no longer know which direction I'm going.
Even so, I dive deeper and deeper.
—Then.
I hear a voice.
Sara: Stop… don't come closer.
It's a voice I know.
…It's a voice I treasure.
It's a voice trying to push me away.
Link: Why?
Sara: Don't come after me. I'm no good to you anymore. I don't have the right.
Sara: You know now, right? I'm a bad person. So… I can't be with you anymore.
Sara regrets that she couldn't destroy that crystal.
She doesn't have to blame herself for it.
Her voice is twisted with sorrow, and I tell her how I feel.
Link: That's not true.
Sara: It is. I couldn't help you guys… but I wanted to be with you.
Sara: I knew it would hurt you… but I still couldn't give up… I'm still causing trouble for you…
Sara: I can't… forgive myself for that…
Sara: I can't… but I'm scared. I'm scared of having to leave you all and ending up alone.
Her fear of solitude—
The fear she's remembered—
The feelings Sara had hidden away have spilled out and are spreading through the water.
I stretch out my hand and touch her wavering emotions.
You never intended to speak these words hidden so deep inside you.
But now, they overflow and spill out — escaping your heart — and I can hear them—
Sara: ...hey. Link. Even if I can't try anymore…
Sara: Even if I can't do anything for you anymore, will you stay with me…?
You've always, always tried your hardest for other people, ever since you were a child.
Those must be—
Your own feelings about yourself, that you sunk down and hid here.
Could you forgive yourself for not trying anymore? Would it be okay for you to stay if you weren't trying anymore?
I want to respond to those feelings of yours.
Link: Of course. Isn't it obvious?
With those words, our bonds—
Sara: Thank you.
Her tone is the same as when she was taken away.
Sara: I know how kind you are.
Sara: I thought that was really useful… which makes me a bad person…
Sara: I'm so weak and disgusting, you should just—
Sara: "Leave me."
Link: —!
She leaves only those words behind.
She fades away into the darkness of the seafloor.
My chest, my heart, ache so much they could burst.
Bang! I smack my chest forcefully, bringing my feelings in order.
Link: You're not… weak at all… and there's no way you're disgusting.
Now that I've come this far, I speak to you, knowing you were holding back your sobbing as you hurt your own heart.
Link: Don't you only feel that way… because you're strong enough to face what's in your heart?
I don't know if you can hear me.
But I continue to send that message to your heart.
Link: Further… I have to… go deeper.
I continue to dive.
You told me to leave you again, just like before.
Those words are too strong… and too sad. They're words that cover up your loneliness.
Your words are the same — and my answer is the same.
I can't leave you. Everyone else feels the same way, and that's why I'm here.
The deeper I go, the more the water presses down on me, until I feel like I'm being crushed by the pressure.
I don't care. If that's what it takes to chase after you—
Then I'll dive anywhere, no matter how deep.
...Then.
On the dark ocean floor, I find "that."
Link: So this is your favorite place…
And there—
Ohhhhhhhh…
It looks just like a maturing cocoon.
It's swelling, disturbing the water.
Asmodeus's fearsome evil magic had been concealing this place.
—And that's where you are.
So this is the the place where you hid your feelings, where you've been fighting all along.
Link: I'll hold out my hand to your darkness…
What's left behind at the bottom of the blue, the self that you submerged.
Link: I want to meet that side of you.
I gather my power to scatter the darkness.
Not a spell for fighting.
But with sacred healing magic in hand—
I go to meet you.
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