Another species the like of which I am unfamiliar with, [he muses with something like interest in his tone. He supposes fish people was the next logical step, after bird people and plant people.
Anyway, they'll be fine! Van Zieks is confident enough that he can handle the turtle-being that's waking from its stupor, even if he doesn't have another talisman. He's willing to do whatever is actually necessary for that, if it lets Sheik relax from this apparently perpetual state of vigilance. (Relatable.)]
The Empire of Japan, from which a few of my dear friends hail. [He won't often say that to their faces, but.] Given its great distance from my homeland and long history of isolation, knowledge of their culture has only recently come to our shores.
[He turns his attention from the shikigami's currently-ongoing assault to the more cautious thing attempting to skirt around rather than try a direct assault like its fellow.]
Do you think that one delays out of cunning or cowardice?
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Anyway, they'll be fine! Van Zieks is confident enough that he can handle the turtle-being that's waking from its stupor, even if he doesn't have another talisman. He's willing to do whatever is actually necessary for that, if it lets Sheik relax from this apparently perpetual state of vigilance. (Relatable.)]
The Empire of Japan, from which a few of my dear friends hail. [He won't often say that to their faces, but.] Given its great distance from my homeland and long history of isolation, knowledge of their culture has only recently come to our shores.
[He turns his attention from the shikigami's currently-ongoing assault to the more cautious thing attempting to skirt around rather than try a direct assault like its fellow.]
Do you think that one delays out of cunning or cowardice?