"Studying real hard, 'cause ya never asked me once about it. Did ya even ask Zelda? Link doesn't know a lot of magic, but both of us know some pretty big stuff. At least she should," Shadow said flatly. "Also good luck finding books on the subject considering how much of the time feels like a fever dream, especially when yer fighting it. But wow, literally step one would be 'hey Shadow, can ya help us practice?' Use that dark magic for good after all the bad ya did."
"How ya talk to LINK because me being a good brother fit yer world view," Shadow said. "But when it comes to me or things I know outside of that? Don't see a whole lot of that. And the thing about seeing someone differently from how they see themselves? It takes understanding how they see themselves and why. Because then ya can explain yer point and maybe they'll learn something new. Like Link did."
"But ya have never understood why I see myself the way I do. The fact ya didn't even pick up I don't need to breathe is telling of how much ya've paid attention to what I am and what that means. And as for that talking to ya thing? Yer still on that? Because last I checked, ya got that impression when I rejected ya when I was actively lying to Link and Zelda. And I explained that's why I was the way I was in the library. But of course. Of course ya were too obsessed with feeling sorry for yerself to realize that my aggression, in fact, had nothing to do with ya. And everything to do with the lies I was telling and the trouble I wanted to avoid," Shadow said, leaning forward, hair darker, eyes redder.
"Because if we're talking flaws, that's the big one, Clef. Yer egostical. If it doesn't have to do with ya, then clearly its wrong. I can't be doing things because I'm worried about others, its cause I hate ya. Link can't be leaving to keep me calm, its because he's abandoning ya. Things can't be different from yer world because why would it be? Thoughts ya hate can't be an intruder, because ya would clearly know it is. Thoughts that make ya despair can't be dark manipulations, no, its just ya losing hope, so ya might as well die right there," he said, voice a low, angry hiss.
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"How ya talk to LINK because me being a good brother fit yer world view," Shadow said. "But when it comes to me or things I know outside of that? Don't see a whole lot of that. And the thing about seeing someone differently from how they see themselves? It takes understanding how they see themselves and why. Because then ya can explain yer point and maybe they'll learn something new. Like Link did."
"But ya have never understood why I see myself the way I do. The fact ya didn't even pick up I don't need to breathe is telling of how much ya've paid attention to what I am and what that means. And as for that talking to ya thing? Yer still on that? Because last I checked, ya got that impression when I rejected ya when I was actively lying to Link and Zelda. And I explained that's why I was the way I was in the library. But of course. Of course ya were too obsessed with feeling sorry for yerself to realize that my aggression, in fact, had nothing to do with ya. And everything to do with the lies I was telling and the trouble I wanted to avoid," Shadow said, leaning forward, hair darker, eyes redder.
"Because if we're talking flaws, that's the big one, Clef. Yer egostical. If it doesn't have to do with ya, then clearly its wrong. I can't be doing things because I'm worried about others, its cause I hate ya. Link can't be leaving to keep me calm, its because he's abandoning ya. Things can't be different from yer world because why would it be? Thoughts ya hate can't be an intruder, because ya would clearly know it is. Thoughts that make ya despair can't be dark manipulations, no, its just ya losing hope, so ya might as well die right there," he said, voice a low, angry hiss.