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[ As the bracelet slips onto Zelda's wrist and the color returns to her eyes, the gem bumps against her skin and activates the voice function. ]

--but I looked all ... huh? [ The half spoken sentence dies on her lips as Zelda's conscious mind returns with her color. ] Where am I? This isn't the Heimdall house.

[ A voice speaks up near Zelda, but too far away for the words to be distinguishable. She falls silent for a minute as she listens to the guard's explanation of what befell her. ]

I lost myself? [ Her tone is clearly puzzled. ] But I don't remember anything like that. The last thing I remember was going out to look for my bracelet. [ Another pause. ] Then, I've been lost for almost two weeks?! [ Panic rises sharply in Zelda's voice. ] Oh, Link and Impa must be so worried. I'd better contact them. Thank you very much for your help, sir!

[ She turns on heel and hurries toward home, lifting the bracelet as she walks. It's then that she notices that it's already transmitting. ] Oh, it was on the whole time. [ She clears her throat. ]

Link! Impa! I'm here now!

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[ Zelda doesn't mind answering questions from unfamiliar faces; rather, she quite likes the opportunity to meet more of the people brought to this curious city. ]

It's kind of hard to explain. [ She prefaced with a wave of a hand. ] When I lost my bracelet and went to go look for it, I... stopped being aware of things, I guess you could say. I think it was like sleepwalking. To be honest, I don't remember any of it, but a guard was nice enough to bring my bracelet to me and explain that. [ She offers a bit of a smile. ] As I understand it, the bracelets keep us from being like the gray people.

[He freezes visibly, eyes widening a little, before he closes them with a quick intake of breath.]

... I see. [He was vaguely afraid of something like that, but he didn't expect...] From the time you lost your bracelet until the time you came back to yourself, about two weeks passed?

[ Zelda notices the growing fear in his expression and attempts to reassure him. ]

Twelve days, if I counted right. And I'm sure it only lasted so long because I was hard to find. [ She offers him another smile. ] But don't worry! I bet it doesn't happen very often.

[He takes another careful breath, pulling himself back together; unseen, his hand rubs at the bracelet, at his wrist, without conscious thought. It may rattle the view a little, though.]

No, it doesn't seem to be something widespread, or we would have heard before now, I think. [He looks away.] But these bracelets are granted by the 'gods'. If at any point, they no longer have need of us...

[They haven't been able to ascertain what the ultimate outcome of this situation will be, either. He'll need to ask Nakama, later.]

[ Zelda shakes her head adamantly. ]

No, no, gods and goddesses aren't like that at all! When we're done here, we'll get to go back to our homes!

[There's a bit of surprise to his expression; he tilts his head inquisitively back at her.]

You seem very certain, despite that not being a promise they have ever made to us.

I've... known some before. [ Zelda nods, dodging the question. She hadn't quite realized that she would have to back it up and her reasons aren't necessarily something she is ready to explain. ] Gods and goddesses don't exist just to make people miserable.

[It doesn't seem to be an area where he should be prying any further, and anyway, she's doing him a favor in answering his questions in the first place.]

No, I did not mean to imply that. But these 'gods' are not the gods of my world and I can't immediately trust their word, I'm afraid.

That's probably the smartest thing to do. [ She acknowledges. ] What are the gods of your world like?

There are many in my world who worship only one God, who is said to punish sinners and bless the virtuous. There are older tales of other gods, but worship for many of them has already died out and is only the stuff of legends now.

[ She tilts her head. ] How come? Do people not like those gods anymore?

[... That's a good question. He's never really pondered it--]

I'm sorry, but I'm not sure. [A little embarrassed at his lack of learning.] I would guess it's because the more powerful countries worship those gods, so everyone else ended up doing it too.

[After all, everyone emulates the powerful, no matter their opinion of them. At least, in his experience.]

[ Well that hasn't clarified anything. Now she's just more confused. ]

[ And yet, at the same time, it's clear that she's intrigued-- her eyes are alight with interest when Allen speaks. ]

That seems strange. Did each of the gods of your world create different countries? [ She's not entirely certain she understands the concept of 'countries,' but she's read about them before. ]

[That's kind of an odd question. Or an odd way to ask the question, he's not sure.]

Many of the older legends come from different countries, I think, but I don't know whether the country or the god would have come first. [Is that answer too incoherent...?] To me they are only stories, so...

The One God who is worshipped in my country, however, is said to have created all the land, sea and sky and the beings in them.

[ Zelda chews her lower lip, trying to puzzle out the meaning in his words. For people to stop believing in one god and start believing in a different one seems very strange to Zelda. ]

If your country only worships one god, does that mean he destroyed the others?

[ That seems like the only reason why those other gods would be ignored. ]

[Blink. The real problem here is that she seems to believe in the simultaneous coexistence of all gods ever, which isn't really... a thing in his world. Is it possible to explain that?]

... Rather than a change in the realm of gods, I'd say it was a change between people. [He hesitates.] Sometimes it was the worshippers who were destroyed.

[ Perhaps the problem was more the possibility that some people might not actually believe in the existence of some gods, a concept completely foreign to Zelda's world. ]

Some people just... don't believe in some of your world's gods? [ Her expression darkens. ] How horrible for those gods, to work so hard for their people, only to be forgotten or ignored.

[All the differing perspectives, just to confuse the issue even more.]

Well... [He looks a little uncomfortable.] Does your 'world' not have false gods, milady?

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