"Well, how do I look girls?"
Link took a step away from the mirror before him and turned around to face Nemisa, Saria and Sarami in his and Nabooru's bedroom. He was wearing his royal Gerudo King's outfit, though he left off the aqua-colored cap. His man's tiara, as well as his black steel boots were polished to a shine. His normally wild bleached hair was slicked back and downwards to make it more presentable. He had just taken a long warm bath with the girl's help to ensure he was without a speck of dirt on him. He also had on the shoulder poncho Leivuri and Miteito had put together for him with the image of the Desert Goddess Aifet embodied on the back of it.
"Absolute perfection, my love." smirked Nemisa, "Fine work if I do say so myself, right girls?"
"I'll say!" Saria said, "I'm sure things will go great for you at the preliminary meeting!"
"Jees thanks." Link said rubbing the back of his head, "It's just going to be me, Nabooru, Princess Zelda, Impa and the king this time, but I admit I'm a bit nervous about it..."
"Don't worry Link-honey, Nabs has already gotten everything planned out. Just go by her example." Sarami said cheerfully, "Oooh, I'm so proud of you both for finally getting us to this point!"
"Hey, don't talk like it was just the two of us." Link pointed out, "We couldn't have gotten here without your help, and I couldn't be happier to share this time with you all."
The three of them all blushed and swooned a little at Link's compassionate words, but they were soon drowned out by a loud groaning sound nearby.
"Uuuuugh, I'm glad you all are enjoying being here, but I'm sooooo bored!" Aviel said laying back on Link and Nabooru's bed. Her head was hanging off the end of it, looking at Link and everyone upside down, "We've been cooped up inside this palace for-ever!"
"Aviel, it's only been two days." Nemisa said sweatdropping.
"That's two days too long!" Aviel complained, kicking her legs up, "I miss being able to fly, and I've been itching to go into Hyrule Market Town to see everything Link told us about, like that archery game and the Bombchu bowling alley!"
"Believe me Aviel, I miss my Deku Staff too, but just try and have some patience." Saria assured her, "Lady Nabooru said us being stuck here in the castle is just a formality for now. They're going to try and grant us permission to get our stuff back and go into town!"
"Yeah, don't worry, I promised you freedom and you're going to get it." Link grinned, he kneeled down and gave the young bird lady an upside down kiss, "You better rest up while you can, cause I got so many plans for when we visit the town you'll be worn out each and every night!"
"I think he does that to us enough in bed." Sarami joked, causing the other two girls to snicker.
"Heeeeee... okay Link! Good luck!" Aviel grinned widely and rolled herself onto her stomach. But she wound up rolling too far and fell off the side of the bed, "Ack!"
"You go along Link-honey, I'm sure Nabs is waiting for you." Sarami giggled with a flirty wink.
"Thanks." Link chuckled and went off on his way.
"Hmm... these are some impressive ideas you have here Lady Nabooru." the king spoke, "You've put a great deal of thought into this."
Link sat somewhat nervously as Nabooru was discussing some documents and plans with the King of Hyrule. Not being very proficient in these types of delegations, he just went along with everything Nabooru was talking about.
"Been working on it since the day I established Gerudo Town." Nabooru nodded, "I appreciate you going over it so thoroughly."
The king read through one part, "We have considered the idea of legalizing crossbow usage for both knights and civilians, but the public have expressed concern that their ease of use compared to normal bows might make them dangerous in the wrong hands."
"If that's the case, I'd say those wrong hands are more the problem, correct?" Nabooru said, "The people definitely need to be properly educated on what they're capable of, as well as rooting out those who would bring harm with them."
"Hahaha, good point!" chuckled King Reinald, "Now moving on to the medical field..."
Link looked across the table to Princess Zelda, who was carefully observing the conversation. Standing beside her was Impa, who would occasionally whisper in her ear and she'd nod. It seemed she was using this meeting to absorb all the knowledge she could for the day her father would step down and she took on the role as queen. He admired her ability to take in all this information, even if he couldn't understand most of it. She was always good at that sort of thing, even back when they were children.
Zelda glanced at Link, noticing him staring at her. She smiled lightly and gave him a playful wave in return. Link's face flushed, and he turned his head away to focus on what Nabooru was talking about.
"... and while it may spark more controversy than just basic potions, I hope our head doctor's research into the potential of ChuChu Alchemy can benefit your people." Nabooru said.
"That would be good." the king nodded, "I only wish you could have been permitted to arrive here sooner. Her expertise might have saved the life of Sir Domonk..."
"Domonk, who's that?" Link asked.
"He was a nobleman, and a good friend of the royal family." Zelda explained with a somewhat pained look in her eyes, "Unfortunately, his life was taken two weeks ago by the infamous Widowmaker."
"We've been hearing that name a few times now." Nabooru said, "Just who is this Widowmaker?"
"A notorious serial killer who's been active here in Hyrule Town for about two years now." King Reinald said, "They were given the name by the town news press because they target married men, especially nobles of high rank. So far the culprit has taken the lives of twenty three men."
"That's quite a lot." Link spoke in surprise.
"I recall that man who attacked you back when we arrived here at the castle claimed he was the 'Widowmaker', was that really him?" Nabooru asked, "Seems strange he would wait so long to target you, since the queen had passed away so long ago. Would you have fallen into his type of targets?"
"No, you're correct. Despite what he claimed, we looked into his background and saw he had no connections to the past killings." Zelda shook her head. "He was a pretender who had been fired from his job recently, and attempted to take it out on my father, using the reputation of the Widowmaker to try and intimidate the knights. They've been under a lot of pressure patrolling nights trying to catch the fiend, and it's put many of them on edge."
"You didn't seem all that bothered by that guy attacking you though." Link said, "Does that happen often?"
"More attempts have been made on my life than I care to admit." King Reinald sighed, "After the war between us and the Gerudo ten years ago there was much unrest with the citizens of town, even among the noblemen, about my leadership."
Zelda spoke, "There was a great deal of pressure being put on my father from all sides to fix things, though much of it was out of his hands due to laws and regulations. We needed more assistance in managing the kingdom, so the Hylian Parliament was organized to do so."
"The Parliament was initially a godsend for us." King Reinald said stroking his beard, "Through their knowledge, resources and influence we were able to deescalate everyone's fears from the war and keep things at peace for quite some time." he closed his eyes, "Unfortunately it hasn't been without it's share of issues in the most recent years."
Zelda spoke, "The previous head immigration officer was arrested four years in after being caught selling off Gerudo deportees to slavers, while the original head of public relations was reportedly the first victim of the Widowmaker. We appointed Sir Haralden as the head of immigration, while Countess Roesia took on her late husband's role of public relations." she sighed, "But it was only just recently that things started to change for the worse."
"There's been plenty of rumors being spread among the people, about political corruption and connections to the criminal underworld within the Parliament and the royal family." Impa said, "And that's led to more people questioning the king's leadership once again."
"I could understand that..." Link muttered, recalling learning about the war himself from Nabooru after coming back to Hyrule after his journey. He was more than thankful that the Gerudo still trusted him after he confessed to them about his involvement in getting Ganondorf arrested, and he felt closer to them all than ever.
"So it's like a endless spiral of mistrust." Nabooru said, "The peace was only short term, and now things are going back to how they were just after the war."
"That about sums it up. We weren't sure just what to do." the king then sported a gentle smile, looking to Zelda, "But that's when my daughter here came up and told me, 'Father, why don't we start putting the other royal members of the Hyrule Kingdom into the Parliament like the Goron and the Zora, and allow them to have their say?'"
"Ah ha ha! Don't embarrass me like that in front of our guests, father!" Zelda said, putting her hands to her cheeks and blushing cutely, "It was just a little idea I had!"
"Wait, so it was your idea to get Ru- I mean, Queen Ruto and Chieftain Darunia to have seats in the Parliament, Princess?" Link asked.
"Being princesses of the same age, me and the Zora Queen Ruto go back a long way, and we've talked a lot in the past about what we could do for the kingdom." Zelda said, she glanced to the side and muttered under her breath, "I just wish I could finally do something of my..."
"Princess?" Link spoke up.
"Erm, nothing." Zelda shook her head, "It's taken some paperwork and procedures, but Queen Ruto will finally take her seat in the Hylian Parliament, along with Chieftain Darunia, when we have the official meeting a month from now."
"The Zora Queen has also said that she'll be officially announcing her future husband and king to the public at that time." the king grinned just a little, "She seems quite enthusiastic about revealing the news to the people."
"Really? That sounds nice." Link chuckled.
"Of course." Zelda sported a mischievous smile and said, "I think you of all people would know that, Gerudo King Link."
"Uh, whatever do you mean...?" Link asked somewhat nervously.
"Ha ha ha! No need to pull the wool over our eyes, boy!" King Reinald laughed out. "The Zora royals recently came out to inform us of your alliance with them, as well as your engagement to their queen!"
Link promptly faulted over backwards while Nabooru just burst out laughing.
"I hope you understand why we've had to keep that sort of thing secret." Nabooru said, "The engagement itself had nothing to do with forming an alliance, but pure love between our king and his childhood friend. The alliance was just a fine side bonus."
"Of course, you should have seen how proud Ruto was to boast about it." Zelda giggled, "She turned down every nobleman her father would throw at her, saying there was only one man who she loved."
"And then of course there's your alliance with the Gorons and the Kokiri." King Reinald said, "I have to say I'm rather impressed that a single Hylian man could have so many connections to the royals of our kingdom. It speaks much of your abilities as a leader."
"I always believed he should be the one to lead our people after Ganondorf's arrest." Nabooru smirked, "I couldn't have picked a better man for the job."
"Is that so?" spoke up a voice, as everyone turned to see a startling sight. It was Marquess Haralden, head of Foreign Affairs and Immigration at the Hylian Parliament. He stood tall and dignified, and leered through his thin-rimmed glasses down at Link and Nabooru in particular, By his side were Countess Roesia and Judge Isambard of the parliament.
"Marquess Haralden, we're currently busy with a meeting." Zelda spoke in annoyance.
"Please forgive our intrusion, We only just arrived." Haralden said as he, Isambard and Roesia all bowed to the king in particular, and completely ignoring Zelda, "But with all due respect Your Highness, as head of Foreign Affairs and Immigration, I should have been informed of this meeting with the royal Gerudo."
"Hey, isn't that...?" Link whispered to Nabooru.
"Yeah, Sir Haralden. That's the guy who tried to get Malon deported to Gerudo Valery according to Togau." Nabooru whispered back, "From what I've heard, he's raised a real racket here in hunting down virtually anyone that has Gerudo blood and deporting them."
"Hm." Link frowned a little, thinking about how that man treated Talon all those years ago...
"Have these people committed any crimes of injustice on you, my king?" Isambard shouted, banging his gavel against the ground as he bowed, "I shall deal with them all personally, by the power of my justice!"
"Stop banging that thing you idiotic ogre!" Haralden shouted to the judge.
"Fear not, it's quite fine, this is only a private preliminary meeting." the king assured them.
"Yes, so why don't you all go see to your own affairs?" Impa spoke up with a scowl, "You'll have a chance to speak with the Gerudo king and queen during the main meeting."
"Hmph, watch your tongue, nanny." Marquess Haralden stated, running a white glove on the table, only to see with disgust that there was some dirt on it. He discreetly wiped it on Isambard's robe, "In my experience with managing the Gerudo's deportations, I'm well aware of the deceitful tricks that these desert folk have, and I can't allow them to try and influence your decisions for the meeting."
"Marquess, I trust you are not underestimating my father's judgment." Zelda said narrowing her eyes, "I know for a fact we can trust King Link and Lady Nabooru, and we don't have to have you hovering over us like an obsessed monitor."
"Heh." Nabooru smirked, impressed at how unflinching Zelda could be.
"Our purpose is to observe any threat to the royal family!" Judge Isambard stated, standing stiff and tall while holding out his gavel, "We also know full well of the rumors of Lady Nabooru and her hypnotic suggestion, and to have her use her dark ways to manipulate you is entirely unjust!"
Judge Isambard started banging his gavel on the side of the wall with loud thunderous impacts, while Nabooru just narrowed her eyes at the judge coldly. Link patted her back to assure her.
"Oh hush you big lug." spoke up the sultry voice of the woman in red, Countess Roesia. She twirled a martini glass and sipped it, "I think it's nothing to worry about for now." she looked to Nabooru, "Lady Nabooru, it's an honor to finally meet with you."
"...Countess Roesia was it? I'm honored to meet you as well." Nabooru said, keeping an air of cautiousness with the woman, "I know full well the difficulties of ensuring public confidence. It's impressive that you were able to take your husband's place so quickly..."
"I learned much about public relations from him during our marriage together. He was very knowledgeable, but didn't have the spine to actually confidently speak up to the people..." Roesia spoke somewhat distantly, before strolling over to Link and examining him carefully, "And it's good to finally meet you, the new Gerudo King."
"Uh, i-it's a pleasure to meet you too." Link blushed a little from how close the Countess was, "We heard of your husband's passing, you have both me and Lady Nabooru's condolences."
"...I appreciate that. " Roesia said, she took another drink of her martini, before taking Link by the chin and slowly tilted his head up, "Hmm... the rumors are true, you are quite a handsome one."
"Countess." spoke up Zelda, clearing her throat in annoyance, "Our guests have only just arrived, please refrain from flirting with them."
"I'm doing nothing more than a friendly chat." laughed Roesia, "What, are you jealous that a single woman like me can make such moves on the Gerudo King, Princess...?"
"How dare yo-!" Zelda exclaimed, but Impa put her hand down on Zelda's shoulder.
"Calm yourself my daughter." the king assured Zelda, before speaking out to the Parliament, "There's nothing for any of you to be concerned with, we'll be fine with them. I'm certain King Link and his queen shall maintain a polite and courteous manner."
"If you insist my liege." Haralden said bowing, "Come along, both of you."
"Hmph, as you wish! I have to see to judging the fool who tried to assassinate the king anyhow!" Isambard said, he brought up his gavel and banged it on the door frame, causing some pieces to crumble off, before pointing it at Link and Nabooru, "But we shall be keeping our eye on you Gerudo!"
"Already? Oh very well." Roesia sighed, standing back up and turning around. She looked over her shoulder and bore a pearly toothed smile framed by ruby red lips, "We'll be seeing you at the main meeting... Gerudo King Link."
Link couldn't help but take a small glance of Roesia's perfectly round rear-end and shapely hips as she strolled off out of the room. The Countess peeked over her shoulder and smirked before going out.
"Like what you see?" Nabooru whispered with a grin.
"Well she may be shady, but I know what I like." Link whispered back.
"Saw that too, huh? I wonder just what she could be hiding...?" Nabooru spoke.
Zelda meanwhile glanced as Roesia strolled past her, and folded her arms with an annoyed pout.
The three parliament members went through the door, Link noticed another man leading them all out. A tall burly man in sunglasses, a white suit and a black pompadour hairstyle with a goatee. He stared down silently at him and Nabooru, before clenching at the sword attached to his waist and going off with the three.
"Who was that last man just now...?" Nabooru asked with a raised eyebrow.
"That's the leader of the Hylian Parliament, Governor Balterius." Zelda said, "We're not sure where he originated from, but he showed up one day and pledged his loyalty to the throne. He's the one who helped us pick and choose the members of the parliament."
"He just showed up and took the job?" Nabooru asked.
The King nodded, "I know it sounds suspicious, but we've been observing him these past ten years, and he knows exactly what he's doing. Our records show he has no prior connection to any of the other members of the Parliament, yet he's been able to maintain a certain understanding between them all. I'm not sure how he does it, he must have some great experience in the past."
"Hm. Wonder where exactly he came from...?" Link spoke, he looked over to Nabooru who seemed to be pondering about something with a worried look in her eyes.
"It's been difficult, but the Parliament's assistance is the best way to keep order here." the king spoke, he grimaced a little and muttered to himself, "We couldn't allow his sacrifice to be in vain..."
"Huh? Sacrifice? What are you talking about?" Link spoke up.
"Oh!" the king looked startled and fumbled with his words, "It's nothing... don't concern yourself with-"
"Father, maybe we should tell him." Zelda said, placing her hand on the king's arm.
"I agree." Impa nodded, "I think they of all people should have an understanding of what happened."
"... ...very well." the king gulped as he stood up, "Please Gerudo King Link and Lady Nabooru, come with us."
"..." Link and Nabooru both looked to each other silently, before getting up and following after them.
Link and Nabooru were only half-surprised when Zelda, Impa and King Reinald led them out to the royal castle graveyard. It was an enclosed outdoor area of the castle with numerous tombstones depicting great kings and queens of the past, as well as renounced nobles and priests. Observing some of the names, it seemed the priests all has crosses on top of their tombs.
Eventually Zelda led them near the back, where there was a hunched-over person praying before a more grand-looking tomb. It has a cross on top like the priest ones.
"...it's rare to see you both out here these days." spoke the old shriveled voice of an old woman, she turned to look up at the five of them. She had wrinkles all over her face and hands, and had a long pointy nose and chin. She was dressed in blue holy robes and a tall hat, "...and I see you brought the desert people with you..."
"Good day Minister." the king said, "Is it already that time of the day?"
"Of course, I always use this hour to pay my respects to him." spoke the old woman. Link wanted to see the inscription, but her tall hat was in the way.
Zelda introduced them, "Gerudo King Link, Lady Nabooru, this is Minister Odleh; Hylian Parliament member of Supernatural and Religious Affairs."
Link cleared his throat and bowed his head, "It's a pleasure to meet you Minister. We're sorry for intruding on your time of mourning."
"Think nothing of it." Odleh said, he looked up at Link oddly, noticing the bracelets on his wrists, "I see you possess some form of magic if you're wearing those."
"Yeah, it's just because of my elemental arrow power." Link nodded.
Link felt a little unnerved as the old woman glared at him silently for the longest time.
"Hm, strange... what is that I'm sensing from you then...?" Odleh spoke suspiciously.
"Um..." Link gulped, could she possibly sense the power of the Fierce Deity within him?
"..." but Odleh just scowled and shook her head, "Tsk, to think you managed to make it into the palace so easily." she glared up at King Reinald, "You old fool, how do you expect to run this kingdom when you accept the desert people with open arms like this?"
"Minister Odleh, please." Zelda spoke calmly, "This is not the place for that."
"Is it?" Odleh spoke, "It was thanks to the previous leader of these people that this man met his fate after all..."
"Huh? Who are you talking about?" Link asked.
"I don't know what's more insulting; you being here, or that you don't know the truth." Odleh narrowed her eyes, "Well see for yourself whippersnapper, the one who was responsible for the capture of the demon king Ganondorf, the one who fought against his power so hard that he gave his life for it!"
Odleh shuffled away from the tomb, and Link got to see a very distinct mark engraved on it that he immediately recognized, and Hylian writing that spelled out the words,
'In memory of Rauru, the Sage of Light. May his bright radiance shine over Hyrule and it's people.'
"The Sage of Light Rauru... is dead?" Link gasped out.
"You're kidding me!" Nabooru exclaimed in shock.
Impa glanced over to see Zelda say nothing, but she just hung her head down sadly. Her caretaker sighed and explained to Link and Nabooru what had happened,
"It was the day Ganondorf launched his attack on Hyrule Castle ten years ago." Impa said, "Rauru overheard you talk to us about his plan and helped launch a surprise attack on him. The Light Sage was successful in trapping him in golden binding rings of light, but he exerted so much of his strength to do so it took his life afterwards. The only reason Ganondorf is still in prison now is because of him."
"I had a deep respect for the Light Sage in my teachings as a young girl. To be able to assist him in capturing the demon king was an honor. Unfortunately even my power wasn't enough to provide the assistance he needed..." Odleh said, she clenched her shaky fist, "It was never enough..."
"He left behind no body, so we built his memorial to him." the king bowed his head, "Hopefully he's resting well in the world of spirits."
"..." Link stared at the Light Medallion on the tomb. He remembered the vow he made back when he defeated Ganon in the dark future, to create a world where his friends could live happily and peacefully, free from the burdens he had inadvertently imposed on them by having to become sages.
He just never figured one of his friends would die for that peace, even in this time.
Link got down on one knee and clapped his hands together, bowing his head to mourn for the light sage that helped protect and guide him along his way in the dark future.
"Link..." Nabooru whispered, kneeling down beside him and placing a hand on his back, "I didn't know him myself, but from your tale he sounded like a good man. He did the world a great service by capturing Ganondorf, you should be proud."
"I know..." Link whispered, "He's the reason I was able to fight in that future, and I'll never forget it."
"..." Nabooru stared at the grave herself. She hung her own head down for a moment in respect, before standing back up, "You going to be coming back Link?"
"Not yet... I just need some time here." Link said, still in the position.
"Very well..." Nabooru nodded, walking off with King Reinald, Zelda, Impa and Odleh.
"Well I think this calls for a break for the remainder of the today. " the king said back inside the castle, "We'll continue the preliminary meeting tomorrow."
"Thank you Your Highness." Nabooru bowed, "I was hoping one thing we could discuss is getting the ability to go out into town. I have some ideas that might help build relations with the people."
"That's sounds fine." the king nodded, "Though before that, there is one subject I'd like to speak about myself."
"What's that?" Nabooru asked.
"Namely what relation Gerudo King Link has to the Light Sage." the king spoke with a serious expression, "And what that 'future' he spoke of was."
"...?" Odleh looked up curiously at Nabooru.
"Yes, we'll be prepared to tell you all that you wish to know." Nabooru said without even a hint of hesitation. She took a small glance at Impa and Zelda, "There's another very important matter we'll need to discuss regarding that as well."
"Very good." the king nodded, "Now Minister Odleh, for now would you join me for tea?"
"As you wish my king." Odleh nodded, following off after him. She stopped and turned to Nabooru, glaring at her coldly, before going to catch up with King Reinald.
Nabooru let out a sigh of relief as Impa came up and patted her back.
"Nice work Lady Nabooru," Impa said, "Listen I know there's a lot going on right now, but when the time is right, I have some important information I've gathered about the Order of you-know-what."
"Not sure if I'm looking forward to hearing that, but I'll be waiting." Nabooru nodded.
"And when Link has some time later, I'd like him to meet a certain little someone that will lighten up his day." Impa added with a playful wink.
"Heh, I bet he'll like that." Nabooru chuckled. She turned to see Zelda was peeking out from the door into the graveyard, looking at Link still kneeling before Rauru's grave. She smiled lightly at the concern in Zelda's eyes and walked over to the princess, "Worried about him, huh?"
"I can't help myself." Zelda said, "Especially after all he went through... I'm glad Odleh didn't notice."
"Hm?" Nabooru tilted her head at her odd choices of words.
Zelda stepped away, "Forgive my selfishness Lady Nabooru, but can you stay with the Gerudo King?"
"Of course, I've always been there for him." Nabooru nodded.
"Indeed you have..." Zelda said. As she was about to leave, she stopped to take another look at Nabooru, who was now staring out at Link silently in her place. Zelda stepped up to Nabooru and put a gentle hand on her arm.
Nabooru looked down curiously, "Princess, was there something else?"
"I just wanted to let you know," Zelda spoke gently, "I understand the grief you feel, you and his friends must have lost far more than I ever could have in that future..."
"What...? How did you kno-?" Nabooru spoke, but Zelda was already walking off with Impa. The Sheikah caretaker turned her head to Nabooru and nodded to her, as she escorted Zelda off to her quarters.
"..." Nabooru pondered what she meant, before she gasped out. She recalled something Sarami had told her once about a certain knight they had worked with back in Gerudo Town when Link had gone on that Fierce Deity-induced rampage.
"Nabs, there's something about that Sir Lackey person that's with Lady Impa,..."
"He seems like a decent person Sarami, you don't think he might be that disguise artist we're searching for do you?"
"No, it's something that my medical instincts are telling me... I first picked up on it way back when we brought Granny back to Kakariko Village. I think there's a certain secret 'he's' keeping from us."
Nabooru stood there in shock at the revelation, "You got to be kidding me..." she chuckled a little, before slapping her forehead and laughing out in amusement, "That princess is certainly something else!"
"What's so funny Nabooru?" Link asked walking into the castle, closing the door behind him.
"...nah, it's nothing. You'll figure it out eventually." Nabooru smirked, "Come and wash up, Impa has a surprise little bundle of joy for you to see!"
Link had been confused by her first comment, but quickly caught to that last part and eagerly followed Nabooru off on her way.
And that ends this chapter! Next time Malon is having a difficult situation, and may need an old friend's 'busy' hands to help her...
Okay, I admit I lied about the prince showing up this chapter. The reason for this one taking so long to be released is because I was doing the original chapter as planned, but was struggling along with some parts. I decided to hold out just a little longer and establish some more information before I introduce him to the plot.
Plus, I admit I've been having some difficulty with work and home situations, so please bare with me.
I don't know how people feel about Rauru's character, but I hope not too many people are upset with me killing him off. There is a plot and character reason for why, but I apologize if there are some fans of him.
As for everyone else who remembered he was the annoying owl who talked your ear off and often tricked you into repeating his long-winded speeches, you're welcome. :P
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