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<span class="mu-s">Tano</span> is a bit taller than you, and already wearing the armor of a Sheikah warrior. He's just a little over a year older than you, having turned eighteen just two months before the <span class="mu-r"><span class="mu-s">Warlord</span></span> marched on <span class="mu-s">Hyrule Castle</span> and the surrounding city that thousands call home. The traditional training regimen of a Sheikah assassin is one year, and just a few days prior, <span class="mu-s">Tano</span> completed the final rite. You have long thought that you might do the same, so you could also travel to <span class="mu-s">Hyrule</span> to fight alongside your mother.
<span class="mu-g">"Oh, <span class="mu-s">Zuzo</span>, there you are. I'm glad you came by, I wanted to wish you well on your birthday."</span> <span class="mu-s">Tano</span> says, eyes expressing his gladness at seeing you despite much of his face being masked. <span class="mu-g">"I told your grandmother to let you rest longer, just so you know, at least one last time. When you become a ninja, you have to be awake early every day."</span> He goes on.
You smile, and nod to him. It will take more than that to scare you off the warrior's path.
<span class="mu-s">Tano</span> tucks away his <span class="mu-s">shuriken</span>, and crosses his arms, then shifts his gaze back to the ocean. <span class="mu-g">"I also wanted to say goodbye to you, <span class="mu-s">Zuzo</span>, at least for now. I don't know when I will return here, and I will have to leave before you return from your <span class="mu-s">trial</span>, I'm sorry to say. The boat that is coming to take me is on a very tight schedule, it's very tricky business to get to and from the coast because of the <span class="mu-s">blockade</span>." He says, turning back to look at you.
To this, you quirk a brow, and then tilt your head slightly.
"That's right, you wouldn't have heard. <span class="mu-s">Admiral Onox</span> has established a <span class="mu-s">naval blockade</span> of the <span class="mu-s">Lost Marsh</span>. He's the top naval officer in the <span class="mu-r"><span class="mu-s">Warlord's</span></span> army. Luckily, don't pay <span class="mu-s">Kakariko Atoll</span> any mind or send any warships because they think we're just peasant farmers with canoes, and no interest in going to the <span class="mu-s">mainland</span>."</span> He explains, and his eyes become a touch smug towards the end. He removes a wood and brass telescope from its leather holster on the small of his back, and holds it out to you. <span class="mu-g">"See, look right out there."</span> The ninja invites you. <span class="mu-s">Tano</span> points out towards the horizon in the direction he was facing earlier.
You put the telescope to your eye and peer through it in the direction he gestures to. Looking through the glass you see the silhouettes of big ironclad battleships in the far distance, arranged neatly in a row. It seems impossible to you that a few <span class="mu-s">Sheikah</span> could ever sneak past undetected. You frown, and hand him back the telescope.
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