Chapter 14: A balanced playing field
Gorgonis lies dead on top of the mining facility, his body ablaze with all three sacred flames. They gradually consume him as the light fades from his five eyes. Soon, he is reduced to nothing, not even ashes. Only his swords remain.
Gorgonis's thrown dagger landed in Nayru's shoulder. She winces in pain as she removes it. The weapon left a small but deep wound, and upon removal, it crumbles into dust. Farore's wounds quickly heal over, and she sees the wound on her sister's shoulder. She rushes over, using some of the sacred flame's energy to heal it.
Din is very tired after that attack, "How long will the Vailcon continue to haunt us? They have been dead for centuries, haven't they?"
"We wiped them out because they were too advanced for the time - so far ahead that if their leadership ever changed to one favoring war, the might of all other races alive at the time would be powerless to stop them. Yet it saddens me in particular, since they were the only intelligent race to appear in the province I looked after." Nayru says as a tear comes to her right eye "I remember periodically visiting them to check up on their actions, trying as best as I could to guide them on a peaceful path. They welcomed me with open arms every single time for multiple millennia. A large part of me regrets what we did, and all those old emotions resurfaced upon seeing one of them again."
"Do you regret what we just did, sister?" Din asks.
"Regret is the only emotion that is completely useless to feel, but even knowing that, I do regret what we just did. The most I could do is give the being we murdered a proper burial, for he was one of the race I was entrusted with looking after." She says, picking up Gorgonis's fallen swords.
Then Nayru strapped all four blades to her backside - Ghirahim was not even close to being strong enough to resist a Goddess's influence. He was only able to abduct Zelda due to her mortal form.
"You two do not need to linger here any longer. I'll catch up with you later." Nayru says to her sisters.
"This is odd even for you. You were going to return home with us after dealing with this, weren't you? Has something inside you changed since the encounter?" Din bombards Nayru with multiple questions, somewhat worried by the sudden change in her sister's intentions.
"So, you saw through it, did you?" Nayru spoke as the back of her right hand began to glow with the combined light of the Triforce and the Dark Mirror, her ocean-blue eyes now stained a deep violet.