but okay cool, as he approaches vah ruta, he'll see all the lights along it are a sort of angry pink color instead of the blue as before. also, it is spewing out an entire sky's worth of rain from its mechanical trunk.
the scene shifts into memory again as the beast lets out a bellowing trumpet. this is just the pre-boss fight scene and he can experience how COOL link is during the fight.
with that boss battle starting, the great machine he's fighting now is...
It's name is Vah Ruta—a title in honor of a Zora Princess of old, made from technology just as ancient and beyond all modern comprehension. This towering beast was meant to stave off the apocalypse, one of four Divine Beasts, and instead it was—blighted. Corrupted and overtaken.
Now, it brings sorrow. Endless rain. Memories that scar your people, a century old yet so firmly rooted in their long-lived minds. Mipha, your beloved elder sister, died in the heart of this machine, and her soul, you expect, is trapped still within all that metal and wire and regret. Because Mipha was supposed to save Hyrule. And in that failure, both her and Vah Ruta are mired here—until either the Calamity returns and destroys Hyrule for good, or something forces their way inside and lodges her free.
Something, or rather, someone (cutscene up through 4:30:51). You and Link, the Hylian hero who your sister had once so loved, bring Ruta to kneel, adrenaline still soaring to even the tips of your fins. Everything buzzes in you. It is a fight against sheets of rain and raging water, a lamentable machine, ancient ice magic, and a Hylian sent way up into the air, armed with only arrows and his own strength of spirit. A hundred years have passed for this moment. Ruta seems to be a creature in and of itself, in pain, waiting to serve its true purpose and help this world. You cannot board it—that was a task for Mipha, and now one for Link—but.
The rain has finally stopped. The sky opens. Light dawns with it as Ruta raises its head. And you believe fully, with your whole, huge heart, that Link can do this. You haven't even the faintest shred of doubt in him. He is going to save your home, Vah Ruta, Zora's Domain—
And that means, someday soon, that Mipha may finally find some rest too. ]
—Dion!?
[ and now he's getting picked up out of the water in the very real caverns, the rift around them shrinking enough to return to the helly belly. ]
[ the scene is... fantastic. a storm of regret and hope as dion both experiences and watches it play out. it's unlike some of the other memories he's seen, ones sunk deep into tragedy and loss. he can feel the longing that sidon feels for his sister, the loss still an ache that pervades, much like the endless rain vah ruta sends down onto the domain.
but he can feel the love that sidon has for mipha as well, enduring and far more powerful than his grief. he can feel the absolute faith he feels in his friend, and the hope that persists despite a century of darkness.
he wants to see the battle to its end, but blinks in shock when he's returned to helly belly instead, looking up at sidon. ]
[ it's a fantastic battle. even just experiencing it again in memory, his heart races, the reminder of the upset waves that vah ruta made, the breathless anticipation every time link went soaring up a waterfall; the grief is there, always, but it the backdrop of something fantastically hopeful.
he smiles as he helps dion to his feet. ]
Not at all. It is a favorite memory of mine! I'm lucky to relive it. I should be apologizing to you, for sending you on such a journey.
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but okay cool, as he approaches vah ruta, he'll see all the lights along it are a sort of angry pink color instead of the blue as before. also, it is spewing out an entire sky's worth of rain from its mechanical trunk.
the scene shifts into memory again as the beast lets out a bellowing trumpet. this is just the pre-boss fight scene and he can experience how COOL link is during the fight.
with that boss battle starting, the great machine he's fighting now is...
It's name is Vah Ruta—a title in honor of a Zora Princess of old, made from technology just as ancient and beyond all modern comprehension. This towering beast was meant to stave off the apocalypse, one of four Divine Beasts, and instead it was—blighted. Corrupted and overtaken.
Now, it brings sorrow. Endless rain. Memories that scar your people, a century old yet so firmly rooted in their long-lived minds. Mipha, your beloved elder sister, died in the heart of this machine, and her soul, you expect, is trapped still within all that metal and wire and regret. Because Mipha was supposed to save Hyrule. And in that failure, both her and Vah Ruta are mired here—until either the Calamity returns and destroys Hyrule for good, or something forces their way inside and lodges her free.
Something, or rather, someone (cutscene up through 4:30:51). You and Link, the Hylian hero who your sister had once so loved, bring Ruta to kneel, adrenaline still soaring to even the tips of your fins. Everything buzzes in you. It is a fight against sheets of rain and raging water, a lamentable machine, ancient ice magic, and a Hylian sent way up into the air, armed with only arrows and his own strength of spirit. A hundred years have passed for this moment. Ruta seems to be a creature in and of itself, in pain, waiting to serve its true purpose and help this world. You cannot board it—that was a task for Mipha, and now one for Link—but.
The rain has finally stopped. The sky opens. Light dawns with it as Ruta raises its head. And you believe fully, with your whole, huge heart, that Link can do this. You haven't even the faintest shred of doubt in him. He is going to save your home, Vah Ruta, Zora's Domain—
And that means, someday soon, that Mipha may finally find some rest too. ]
—Dion!?
[ and now he's getting picked up out of the water in the very real caverns, the rift around them shrinking enough to return to the helly belly. ]
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but he can feel the love that sidon has for mipha as well, enduring and far more powerful than his grief. he can feel the absolute faith he feels in his friend, and the hope that persists despite a century of darkness.
he wants to see the battle to its end, but blinks in shock when he's returned to helly belly instead, looking up at sidon. ]
Sidon... My apologies for my intrusion.
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he smiles as he helps dion to his feet. ]
Not at all. It is a favorite memory of mine! I'm lucky to relive it. I should be apologizing to you, for sending you on such a journey.
[ he asked so much of link...... ]
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[ he gets up!! ]
It seems your friend is rather tireless.
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He is! No one works harder to bring peace to our lands than Link!
[ HE LOVES LINK!!!!!! ]
He is a knight without peer—even after helping me at Zora's Domain, I'm sure he will be off soon to aid the rest of Hyrule too.
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I am glad you have such a hero on your side. [ hehe ] It is a wonderful thing to have hope for the future.
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[ hope is a wonderful thing! ]
Even here, there's so many tremendous people, aren't there? I can't help but think that everything will turn out all right.
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You are right in that, Prince Sidon. Everyone here is more brilliant than I could've ever imagined... It does give hope.