Sheik feels it like a lead weight in the pit of his stomach as he takes in the details of the missing Champion's appearance. The dark circles under his eyes, the momentary lack of recognition within them, the slowness with which the surprise ebbs from his expression... each one a point drawn together into a constellation of ill omen in his mind, but it's one he cannot hope to identify. And that is without getting to the matter of his arm which inevitably draws Sheik's gaze, staring at it with no small amount of horror even as he steps back and out of his battle-ready stance.
It reminds him too much of that dream he'd had. He shakes his head, and tries to pull his thoughts back to the present moment.]
That... hardly seems like the most pressing issue here. Are you--
[--all right? he wants to ask, but he bites it back at the last moment. He has a feeling he knows the answer to that question already. Instead:]
... Where did you go? You and the Princess-- the two of you disappeared. Do you not remember that?
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Sheik feels it like a lead weight in the pit of his stomach as he takes in the details of the missing Champion's appearance. The dark circles under his eyes, the momentary lack of recognition within them, the slowness with which the surprise ebbs from his expression... each one a point drawn together into a constellation of ill omen in his mind, but it's one he cannot hope to identify. And that is without getting to the matter of his arm which inevitably draws Sheik's gaze, staring at it with no small amount of horror even as he steps back and out of his battle-ready stance.
It reminds him too much of that dream he'd had. He shakes his head, and tries to pull his thoughts back to the present moment.]
That... hardly seems like the most pressing issue here. Are you--
[--all right? he wants to ask, but he bites it back at the last moment. He has a feeling he knows the answer to that question already. Instead:]
... Where did you go? You and the Princess-- the two of you disappeared. Do you not remember that?