He crumpled, hands on his head. It all made sense. It did. All of it. Except the train... why would it care enough to...
Except it had made the while city.
Maybe it didn't take extra effort to...
Was Shadow only here because of how desperately he and Link wanted him there? Was he being a fool yet again? No matter what Shadow thought, Clef did love him. Had for ages now, was that love what was making Clef think he was actually here? Because he wanted him to be?
But... if it was just wanting them to be there, wouldn't the princess be there too?
Or... Or did Link and Shadow and Zelda now matter to him more than even home did?
Or.. Wait.. WAIT! Zelda...
He wanted Zelda to remember him as desperately as he wanted Shadow to be here and remembering him. The three of them from Hyrule made his new family, if this was an illusion giving him what he wanted...
"Zelda.. we have to find Zelda," he gasped. If Zelda remembered Naut, then this was all a trap. Because she really was on the train, but wasn't the same, or was the same but without the memories... Zelda. He had to find Zelda, then he'd know for sure. Logic and love together... he... he could do this.
Somehow.
Even if he knew that he would break again if this Shadow was proven false.
So would Link.
Was it better to just pretend? To go with the Sto... no.
No. He needed to know what reality was. How could he ever trust anything if he knowingly accepted a lie like that, no matter how much he wished it to be true...
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Except it had made the while city.
Maybe it didn't take extra effort to...
Was Shadow only here because of how desperately he and Link wanted him there? Was he being a fool yet again? No matter what Shadow thought, Clef did love him. Had for ages now, was that love what was making Clef think he was actually here? Because he wanted him to be?
But... if it was just wanting them to be there, wouldn't the princess be there too?
Or... Or did Link and Shadow and Zelda now matter to him more than even home did?
Or.. Wait.. WAIT! Zelda...
He wanted Zelda to remember him as desperately as he wanted Shadow to be here and remembering him. The three of them from Hyrule made his new family, if this was an illusion giving him what he wanted...
"Zelda.. we have to find Zelda," he gasped. If Zelda remembered Naut, then this was all a trap. Because she really was on the train, but wasn't the same, or was the same but without the memories... Zelda. He had to find Zelda, then he'd know for sure. Logic and love together... he... he could do this.
Somehow.
Even if he knew that he would break again if this Shadow was proven false.
So would Link.
Was it better to just pretend? To go with the Sto... no.
No. He needed to know what reality was. How could he ever trust anything if he knowingly accepted a lie like that, no matter how much he wished it to be true...