[... possible. It sits on the tip of her tongue, but she allows it to go no further.
So what is this really, then? Some trick to flush her out, now that Link is so close to awakening the last of the Sages? Did the Demon King find some new dark magic to curse her with-- crafting an illusory landscape to lower her guard and a beautiful doll with her name to fool her into revealing herself? Is that what all this is? It's a more elegant attempt than his efforts to obtain the Spiritual Stones had been, certainly, but even so...
She doesn't even look like her; it's been years since she's seen her true face, but she's certain her eyes were blue.]
... something that is easy to believe.
[Sheik finally completes his thought, composing himself from whatever revelation he just had. He can't run - there would be nowhere to hide anyway if this is truly some cursed illusion - so all he can do is stay on guard and not allow anything to slip, as always. His tone remains polite, if reserved, though the glimmering pin on his lapel betrays him by dimming a bit.]
Forgive me, but none have seen the Princess since her flight following the King's assassination seven years ago. Can you verify that claim? How did you escape?
[Ganondorf would know it was Impa who helped her flee, but only few others would, and fewer still with the ability to craft a trap like this; it wouldn't be airtight proof, but the correct answer would confirm some suspicions at least...]
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So what is this really, then? Some trick to flush her out, now that Link is so close to awakening the last of the Sages? Did the Demon King find some new dark magic to curse her with-- crafting an illusory landscape to lower her guard and a beautiful doll with her name to fool her into revealing herself? Is that what all this is? It's a more elegant attempt than his efforts to obtain the Spiritual Stones had been, certainly, but even so...
She doesn't even look like her; it's been years since she's seen her true face, but she's certain her eyes were blue.]
... something that is easy to believe.
[Sheik finally completes his thought, composing himself from whatever revelation he just had. He can't run - there would be nowhere to hide anyway if this is truly some cursed illusion - so all he can do is stay on guard and not allow anything to slip, as always. His tone remains polite, if reserved, though the glimmering pin on his lapel betrays him by dimming a bit.]
Forgive me, but none have seen the Princess since her flight following the King's assassination seven years ago. Can you verify that claim? How did you escape?
[Ganondorf would know it was Impa who helped her flee, but only few others would, and fewer still with the ability to craft a trap like this; it wouldn't be airtight proof, but the correct answer would confirm some suspicions at least...]