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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="9f727545442024b6b326a9b87b2659c1""Have you considered my proposal?" "Ruto," He sighs exasperatedly, "I've told you time and time again, I'm not going to marry you." "And why not? Am I not pretty enough for you?" "Ruto." He looks up, "Just because I'm the hero, doesn't mean I hold any obligations to marry you for the old heroes promise." "I don't mean it like that Link, You spend most of your time here so why not?" "Because you're a spirit, which means you have no physical affect on the world. As well as the fact that you have obligations to the goddesses."/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="b9097b0e881b3e9f585e41d61f403a61"She smiles, "You never said you weren't interested." Sighing again he looks at Epona, "I'm NOT interested Ruto." "I could kick you out of here and no one could let you in." "Wrong, You don't want to defy the gods do you? I do believe at their mercy you are still alive, more or less. Your physical body died thousands of years ago." She looks off dreamily, "Yes, the age of the hero of time. It was a golden age for the zoran people." "Exactly." "Don't be rude Link, I haven't ever let you down have I?" "Well.. There was that one time when.." She snaps to look up at him, "That was rhetorical."/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="d90b7a8fe3070105e127dd5430ac6e1c""Ahh, so i have to search for one lady who will put me on the right track to find another lady. I see. So, got any sagely advice?" "Imp's hometown was Kakariko, maybe you'll find something there." Link stands and walks to Epona, as he moves to mount her he pats her side, "Thank you for being such a good companion." He swings himself onto her back, "I'm heading out, don't expect to see me for a couple weeks. Oh, and do try to be faster next time or I just might appear as a pincushion."/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="da76db8773a6e78e465a288748ad076c"Gently replacing the garment into the bag he looks back up towards the mountains in the distance. "When I find Princess Zelda then maybe.." He taps Epona gently, "Time to go." She raises her head, her ears twitching in the breeze. "Time to find Kakariko." /p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="63a0527d01773a3c393c2dca4b1ca8c3"Prickles ran down his left hand as he noticed the faint glow emanating from the uncovered back. He held it closer to the well and the glow became brighter. Stepping back the glow faded. He looked around. "What was that movement though..." Deeming the surroundings as "safe" he returned to the well. "Of course the goddess forsaken well has the stupid sanctuary." Rusted rungs led down on the other side. Sighing he hoisted himself up and over the rim and moved carefully down the well. Rung over rung./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="3e2161195f00bd297e691a61670cec1a"The bottom of the well was just as disgusting, broken glass littered the floor, he picked one up and stared through it, the boulder wasn't there. Dropping it in surprise he cursed, carefully he reached forward, his hand touched the boulder; prickles again ran down his left hand, reaching forward his hand passed through. "Here goes nothing." Closing his eyes he took a step./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="9f727545442024b6b326a9b87b2659c1""Have you considered my proposal?" "Ruto," He sighs exasperatedly, "I've told you time and time again, I'm not going to marry you." "And why not? Am I not pretty enough for you?" "Ruto." He looks up, "Just because I'm the hero, doesn't mean I hold any obligations to marry you for the old heroes promise." "I don't mean it like that Link, You spend most of your time here so why not?" "Because you're a spirit, which means you have no physical affect on the world. As well as the fact that you have obligations to the goddesses."/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="b9097b0e881b3e9f585e41d61f403a61"She smiles, "You never said you weren't interested." Sighing again he looks at Epona, "I'm NOT interested Ruto." "I could kick you out of here and no one could let you in." "Wrong, You don't want to defy the gods do you? I do believe at their mercy you are still alive, more or less. Your physical body died thousands of years ago." She looks off dreamily, "Yes, the age of the hero of time. It was a golden age for the zoran people." "Exactly." "Don't be rude Link, I haven't ever let you down have I?" "Well.. There was that one time when.." She snaps to look up at him, "That was rhetorical."/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="ece022d981c3858057ea0b3b4f3a0cd8""By the way, Saria says to visit more, What's it been now? A year?" Link stood and took a long drink from his water skin, "She knows as well as I do its nearly impossible to get into the forest these days, the King almost burned it down last time I was seen heading in." Ruth shrugs, "She just said to tell you. Have you found any of the other Spiritual Sanctuaries?" "Yeah, found Darunia's last week. Close to the volcano, luckily there aren't as many gerudo stationed there."/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="d90b7a8fe3070105e127dd5430ac6e1c""Ahh, so i have to search for one lady who will put me on the right track to find another lady. I see. So, got any sagely advice?" "Imp's hometown was Kakariko, maybe you'll find something there." Link stands and walks to Epona, as he moves to mount her he pats her side, "Thank you for being such a good companion." He swings himself onto her back, "I'm heading out, don't expect to see me for a couple weeks. Oh, and do try to be faster next time or I just might appear as a pincushion."/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="63a0527d01773a3c393c2dca4b1ca8c3"Prickles ran down his left hand as he noticed the faint glow emanating from the uncovered back. He held it closer to the well and the glow became brighter. Stepping back the glow faded. He looked around. "What was that movement though..." Deeming the surroundings as "safe" he returned to the well. "Of course the goddess forsaken well has the stupid sanctuary." Rusted rungs led down on the other side. Sighing he hoisted himself up and over the rim and moved carefully down the well. Rung over rung./p
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