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"Not exactly a storyteller, are you?" [He grinned.]

I dunno if I can trust you. Hyrule's not safe yet.

"Fair enough, but think of it this way.... if the story is good enough, sharing it can bring more to your side to aid your cause."

Or cause the bad guy to win.

"Alright, I'm listening. How does that one work?"

If you blab about everything you're doing, he can stop you! You tell people about everything after he's defeated.

"Ah, I see the confusion. The story isn't the plans for the future and the strategies, the story is what has happened so far and then a dream of after. That which has already come is the hook, use it to build interest and attention, to get sympathy and empathy and support, then go to what you hope the future will be like once he has fallen. Nothing of danger has gone astray, your secrets safe, but the story still has her power."

I'm not trying to entertain people, I'm trying to go home.

[He hadn't understood most of what the man was talking about.]

"It isn't about entertainment, it is about engagement." [Well, a little bit about entertainment]

[Now Link was frowning slightly. Ruto had used that word,
not too long before he was taken here.]

Like an engagement ring?

[Still. No. Clue.]

"While that has a nice ring to it, what I meant is making the audience feel invested, so that they will want to act to help the work you are doing. In other words... you want to effect the cause." [Smirk]

[What did he even mean? Adults were awful. Maybe he could convince Zelda and Malon to live in the forest with everybody else, when all of this was over. Although, Impa would probably murder him....]

No one's gonna help us. We're kids. No one listens to us, no one cares about us, so we have to do things on our own.

"I'm listening, I care, and I'm trying to help. Why? Because you got my attention, and made me believe that you are serious."

Of course I'm serious, we've all been kidnapped!

[Deep breath.]

Can you help me get home?

"I plan on trying, but interdimensional travel isn't in my skill set. I usually leave that to Miranda, Luna, and Dominic. But there are a few things I can do. And until they pay off or don't, I can help you be ready for when we DO get home."

I'm ready right now. Right this second, I could go home and be perfectly happy.

"Well yes, figured that out. But until we can make that happen... maybe I can help with other things."

Like...what?

[That's the face of a child who isn't sure what's going on.]

"I'm a Bard, dear boy. There are always ways we can teach and help and be of use."

[Link felt even more lost.]

But, I just need to go home. I'm not really sure story-telling is gonna help with that.

"If all we did was tell stories, we'd be BARreD from so many places. But there are stories, music, jokes, swordsmanship, dramatic timing. So many useful skills."

[Link rubbed his arms, looking uncertain.]

Music is nice.

"You play?"

My friend Saria taught me how to play the Ocarina.

[He had a small clay ocarina that he took from his pocket.
It had obviously been made by a child, but, it was fully functional.]

"I would love to listen if you would be so kind as to play for me. Mostly I'm like messily cutting a peanut butter sandwich... I jam on the axe." [Grin.]

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