Welcome back to the Xenoblade Heart to Hearts series. Today, we wrap up Ether Mine with Sharla's next conversation with Cynder. So, what do these two have to say this time? Read on to discover...
Heart to Heart 41: Childlike Wonder
Participants: Cynder and Sharla
Location: Central Terminal
Affinity: Lavender
Introduction
Sharla: Cynder? Are you just... staring at the Ether lights?
Cynder: Huh? Oh. Sorry Sharla, just got distracted for a second.
Sharla: By the Ether lights? Why?
Cynder: Let's just say they're kind of... calming to me.
Pass/Pass
Sharla: I guess they are, when you think about it enough.
Cynder: You don't even have to think about it that much.
Sharla: Thinking about it, you're honestly right. It's almost a childlike wonder
Cynder: Yeah. Any light in the darkness is a calming sight, at least to me.
Sharla: Is this connected to your past that you've hinted at?
Cynder: Yeah. Let's just say dark caverns and I don't get along.
Sharla: I don't blame you. I was kind of scared when I worked down here, lighting these very lamps.
Cynder: Really?
Sharla: Yeah, I used to think there were monsters down here. But then I realized I was scaring them away for the miners.
Cynder: You were making their port in a storm, so to speak.
Sharla: Yeah. Guess it took this time to rediscover their beauty. Thanks for that, Cynder.
(Net Affinity: 10)
Pass/Fail
Sharla: I guess they are, when you think about it enough.
Cynder: You don't even have to think about it that much.
Sharla: Thinking about it, you're honestly right. It's almost a childlike wonder
Cynder: Yeah. Any light in the darkness is a calming sight, at least to me.
Sharla: Not to toot my own horn, but my first job was lighting these things.
Cynder: Really?
Sharla: Yeah. But I guess I was too busy doing my job to notice what you're seeing.
Cynder: Guess that's a situation common when one grows up to fast.
Sharla: I think we're both speaking from experience there.
Cynder: You got that right.
(Net Affinity: 0)
Fail/Pass
Sharla: I... really don't see it.
Cynder: Huh. Maybe I'm the only one then.
Sharla: I doubt that. It's probably because lighting these things was my first job.
Cynder: Really?
Sharla: Yeah. Guess my relationship with these lights has always been professional.
Cynder: Guess it takes not having had a childhood to see it as an adult.
Sharla: I guess it... Wait what?
Cynder: Oh, nothing. A self comment if anything.
Sharla: Huh. Alright. Guess she's still got secrets...
(Net Affinity: 0)
Fail/Fail
Sharla: I... really don't see it.
Cynder: Huh. Maybe I'm the only one then.
Sharla: I doubt that. It's probably because lighting these things was my first job.
Cynder: Really?
Sharla: Yeah, spent years running around down here lighting these things.
Cynder: That will do it.
Sharla: I guess having to grow up so fast ruined my ability to see these things with the same childlike wonder that you do.
Cynder: Yeah, I can relate to that.
Sharla: Really?
Cynder: Let's just say its a conversation for a later date.
Sharla: Alright. As you wish. I will decipher you one day, Cynder.
(Net Affinity: -10)
And that looks like a good place to wrap up Ether Mine. A nice short conversation, for a nice short location. So, where do we head next? Tune in next time to find out! Same time... same channel!