Sheik nodded stiffly, gazing ahead at the crowd. Already, he and Zelda can hear the murmurs - "-stupid girl-" "-should have suffered-" "-couldn't even protect us-" "-coward-"
"Stop it," Zelda whispered in Sheik's voice. But they were right, weren't they? She had fled and left them to rot.
[Zelda,] Sheik told her urgently, [Listen to me. Listen. There was nothing you could do. If Ganondorf had found you, you would have been killed - this way, there's hope. You and Link -]
His mental 'voice' faltered. Zelda and Link - that was all Hyrule needed. His part was done.
[You and Link are both needed. That's why Link slept for seven years. That's why I kept you safe - you didn't fail anyone. You did everything you could do - for the sake of all of Hyrule.]
"But..." Again, Zelda's words through Sheik's lips. "I left them... I've wronged you..."
[You never wronged me. Never. Zelda, listen to me - you did what you could!]
"I can't..."
((OOC: To Aeneas, he would have just heard the stuff Zelda's saying out loud (through Sheik), with the infliction and tone different to Sheik's normal voice. And there would have been gaps where Sheik is just communicating with Zelda (in the red). It's still physically Sheik's body, right now.))
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"Stop it," Zelda whispered in Sheik's voice. But they were right, weren't they? She had fled and left them to rot.
[Zelda,] Sheik told her urgently, [Listen to me. Listen. There was nothing you could do. If Ganondorf had found you, you would have been killed - this way, there's hope. You and Link -]
His mental 'voice' faltered. Zelda and Link - that was all Hyrule needed. His part was done.
[You and Link are both needed. That's why Link slept for seven years. That's why I kept you safe - you didn't fail anyone. You did everything you could do - for the sake of all of Hyrule.]
"But..." Again, Zelda's words through Sheik's lips. "I left them... I've wronged you..."
[You never wronged me. Never. Zelda, listen to me - you did what you could!]
"I can't..."
((OOC: To Aeneas, he would have just heard the stuff Zelda's saying out loud (through Sheik), with the infliction and tone different to Sheik's normal voice. And there would have been gaps where Sheik is just communicating with Zelda (in the red). It's still physically Sheik's body, right now.))