Tales of Link
Starlight Sinking Into the Blue
Chapter 7: Feelings Sunk in the Blue
Scene 4: Heart's Sea, End
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The healing magic shines brilliantly, dispelling the cocoon of darkness.
Ohhhhhh…
Link: Asmodeus's power… is scattering...
White light illuminates the seafloor.
...And there.
"You" are…
I can see the form of a small girl.
—I reach out to her.
Link: Sara…
I call the girl's name.
The small girl is whispering her wish over and over, her voice tearful.
Girl: ...don't leave me…
Girl: I'm scared… I don't… want everyone to go away…
Girl: I'll… do my best… I'll always do my best, so…
I'd thought that — Sara must have been a very strong child.
I should have known it was strength she gained through her own efforts.
—But… I hadn't realized it was born from such sad feelings.
...Now I know.
Suddenly, I remember Kana's words.
Kana: So it has to be you, Allen. You're the one who has to listen and know about it.
Now that I know… what do I do?
What is it that I, myself, can do?
I reach out and touch you, just the way I am, wanting to convey my feelings.
Link: ...there, there…
Girl: Ah…
When I touch you, I suddenly remember the day that my feelings reached you stronger than words.
But right now — I think what you need right now is words.
The words that will let you walk alongside me again.
Link: Sara. I won't leave you.
Link: You don't need to sink your feelings. ...I want you to take them with you on our journey.
Link: They're also a part of you. ...And I treasure everything about you.
Link: You don't have to force yourself to be strong.
Girl: ……!
Link: Don't leave them. Bring them with you.
Link: Because the light and the darkness in your heart… your strength and your weakness, your perserverance and your discouragement… all of them are "Sara."
Link: ...I want to continue to walk alongside you. Along with the hidden feelings from your childhood and every side of you.
Link: —Sara, we've always fought together. You've always stood by my side.
Link: So I want to stand by your side too.
My wish — is the same as yours—
I'll accept both your weakness and your strength—
Link: —I want us to see everything from the same height.
Girl: …Link…
Young Sara calls my name…
—I wonder.
—Did my voice reach you?
Was I able to stretch out my hand—
To the tender place in your heart—
Where the scars and darkness are?
Please reach you—
I want
Your hand to be forever linked with mine—
The shadow of young Sara is enveloped in light.
Little by little, the light grows bigger.
It takes the form of my most precious person…
Link: Sara…
Sara: Link…
Her eyes brim with tears, but her smile is gentle.
The darkness within the water lightens.
I no longer feel the tightness in my lungs or the pressure of the water.
We gaze into each other's eyes, enveloped in the warm, gentle water.
Sara: You're really… too reckless…
Link: I've been hearing that a lot lately. I don't think I was always this way.
Sara: ...thank you…
Link: Yeah.
Sara: ...sorry… you must've been really worried about me…
Link: Yeah. I really was. ...everyone got mad at me for it.
Sara: Huh? Seriously? I'm… kind of surprised.
Link: Really?
Sara: Yeah. I've never seen you that way.
Link: Everyone said the same thing. …They told me I couldn't let you see me like that.
Sara: Oh… I kind of want to see now.
Link: You do?
Sara: Yeah. That side of you — and everyone else too.
Sara: I want to see them again, with my new feelings — as my new self.
Sara beams. Her smile is truly beautiful.
—A journey with the new Sara.
It'll definitely be another marvelous adventure.
Link: Of course. Let's go back to everyone.
Sara: Yeah!
The path out of here is far above the water, above the sky.
Sara: Link, hold on tight. I'm good at swimming.
At Sara's invitation, I take her hand.
In the sea of her heart, we swim and swim, rising through the water.
As we look up at the surface, the sunlight shines gently through the clear water.
It takes no time at all to reach the surface.
The path I took to get here is above the sky.
—And so.
Link: This time, you hold on to me.
Sara: Yeah!
I carry Sara and spread my wings.
I flap, fluttering into the sky, and weave my way among the clouds.
Together, the two of us fly into the gate of light.
Onto the path leading us to our friends.
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