>>5907342>>5907343>>5907436>>5907517>>5907600>>5908026Realizing you still have to visit one last place with Sotrea, you cut your bath short. Making your apologies to the others, you dry off, redress, and head out. Only to bump into Sotrea leaving the women's bath.
"So, are you ready?" She asks "There's just one last place you've got to see."
"Ready and willing,"
"Good, originally I was going to show you the hot springs, but I saw that Naza beat me to it. I think the place I’m going to show you might just be better though."
Sotrea takes you away from the lights of the village, up onto one of the mountain slopes. The two of you sit down beneath the canopy of a large tree and Sotrea snuffs out her lantern. "Now watch." She whispers and as your eyes adjust to the dark you see it. Dozens of fireflies dance, whirl, and blink in the air around you creating a wondrous show of flitting lights. "If you lie down and look up, you'll really see something awesome." Following Sotrea's lead you lay back onto the grass and look up. A vast sea of stars greets your eyes and between stars sway the glowing lights of fireflies, like little boats floating on an astral sea.
"You know this is the first time I've ever taken someone to see this. Most everyone here, well, they feel too much like family and anyone who's a Sheikah... they don't want get too attached." Sotrea turns over to look at you. "You took the oath and became a Sheikah today, didn't you?"
"I did," You nod.
"When I took my oath, I was so excited." Sotrea says a bitter smile on her face. "All of the training I'd done was finally going to be useful I was going to go out and do amazing things and see all the stuff I'd heard about from the other Sheikah. But I told you how that turned out. After all this time I finally realized what I swore myself to the day I made my oath. I swore to be imprisoned, chained to a job and duty for the rest of my life. Never to be free to do what I want, what I need to do. And now you've sworn that same oath." She says, tears wetting the corners of her eyes. "And now you're going to start your training and I'm off to goddesses only know where on Impa's next mission. And I don't know when or if I'll come back. Promise me something Matt," she says wiping at the tears on her cheeks "Promise me you won't change, that even through all of the training that you won't and that no matter what we'll see the ocean someday. Swear it to me above your oath as a Sheikah, please Matt, swear it to me that together we'll stand on the shore and live that moment we shared on the cliff. Please."
Looking into Sotrea's tear streaked face your heart aches to say yes, but what of the oath you just swore can you place Sotrea ahead of your duty to the Sheikah and to Hyrule.
>"I promise Sotrea, that no matter what may come. We will see the ocean together.">"I-I can't do that. I'm sorry Sotrea, but my duty to Hyrule and the Sheikah must come first.>[Write In] 