I knew someone who woke up after a century of recovery after...something happened. I don't know all the details, but I do know they woke up with no memories at all. Probably just his name and muscle memory telling him how to handle swords. There were only four or five people in the entire world who knew him.
I suppose at some point he found out he had to defeat the source of the blight that threatened to destroy everything. I doubt he was ever given any option. He had to.
[Imagine that, Rex. You wake up after a century of convalescence, without even clothes to your name, and find out you have to save the kingdom or else everything will die -- and that's without taking into account they almost died 100 years ago and all. It must have been pretty harrowing!]
Somehow, even though he had nothing at the start, he managed to go on and do things I couldn't do. I hate to admit it. He did it all, and during most of that I doubt he even knew anything about himself. Not that I'd know for sure; he's as expressive as a rock. Hmph. I could never tell what was going on in his head.
[Revali shrugs]
In a way you're reminding me of him. You have your strange technology with your hands, you don't know anything, and we're all a bunch of strangers you probably won't trust ever in your life. Fine. But as I see it, if some guy who probably went around hitting things with branches and jumping off cliffs managed to overcome everything, then you can too. There's no way you're below him.
[Honestly it's pretty fucking ridiculous Revali is setting the bar at the level of goddamn Link and expects Rex to reach it just like that. Truthfully, that just says a lot more about how little he thinks of Link than how well he thinks of Rex, even though by now Revali acknowledges Link is a worthy warrior.
Still, he's trying to make a point, apparently]
To save yourself you'll have to overcome all this about angels and bombs. And once that's done, you'll be free to focus on yourself and solve whatever's happening to your memory. There's not really a choice here.
[...]
You don't have to do it all by yourself. We're all in the same flock here. You don't need to like us to work with us. Think of it as a way to ensure your future first and foremost, and once this is all over, you'll have all the time in the world to figure out what's wrong with you.
[Can't fight angels and work towards this goal if you're huddled in some house clutching your head having a breakdown! Save that for after the angels are defeated!]
1) well. he's got a point. He doesn't need to trust them to work with them, and there's no point in dwelling on what comes "after" when they haven't ensured it's a done deal yet. 2) Rex is petty, apparently. To some degree, anyway. Because getting compared to this hundred-year-old amnesiac guy does, in fact, make him want to get up and keep going. Rex isn't about to be the weak link in this weird lineage of amnesiacs facing major threats. 3) he isn't confiding all the soft, tender, sensitive feelings of his in this guy again. Like, the pep talk is working, but Rex isn't happy about it.
He chews on all this quietly for a few moments, before snorting. ]
[That smug grin gives Revali a lot of regret about even having come here in the first place. He really was not prepared for so many people in this murdergame, haha]
I don't go around calling attention to you all and your...
[...he realizes he lacks critical information:]
What are you all called?
[It's been more than a month and I don't think Revali has been informed about humans in all this time]
Person? That's...more straightforward and obvious than I expected.
[He resumes his complaining:]
I don't go around calling attention to your personity, or whatever conjugation is the right one here.
[He shakes his head, bothered by how he just used a word that doesn't exist, but hey: if these people are called 'person', then alright, 'personity' must be the word referring to their race as a whole, he supposes.
Nothing like he unintentionally making a fool of himself]
Is nitpicking your way of coping or are you trying to be infuriating on purpose?
[He says that but without any bite because he's filing that down for future use. So all these people are known as persons and they have personhood. Alright, that'll do]
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I suppose at some point he found out he had to defeat the source of the blight that threatened to destroy everything. I doubt he was ever given any option. He had to.
[Imagine that, Rex. You wake up after a century of convalescence, without even clothes to your name, and find out you have to save the kingdom or else everything will die -- and that's without taking into account they almost died 100 years ago and all. It must have been pretty harrowing!]
Somehow, even though he had nothing at the start, he managed to go on and do things I couldn't do. I hate to admit it. He did it all, and during most of that I doubt he even knew anything about himself. Not that I'd know for sure; he's as expressive as a rock. Hmph. I could never tell what was going on in his head.
[Revali shrugs]
In a way you're reminding me of him. You have your strange technology with your hands, you don't know anything, and we're all a bunch of strangers you probably won't trust ever in your life. Fine. But as I see it, if some guy who probably went around hitting things with branches and jumping off cliffs managed to overcome everything, then you can too. There's no way you're below him.
[Honestly it's pretty fucking ridiculous Revali is setting the bar at the level of goddamn Link and expects Rex to reach it just like that. Truthfully, that just says a lot more about how little he thinks of Link than how well he thinks of Rex, even though by now Revali acknowledges Link is a worthy warrior.
Still, he's trying to make a point, apparently]
To save yourself you'll have to overcome all this about angels and bombs. And once that's done, you'll be free to focus on yourself and solve whatever's happening to your memory. There's not really a choice here.
[...]
You don't have to do it all by yourself. We're all in the same flock here. You don't need to like us to work with us. Think of it as a way to ensure your future first and foremost, and once this is all over, you'll have all the time in the world to figure out what's wrong with you.
[Can't fight angels and work towards this goal if you're huddled in some house clutching your head having a breakdown! Save that for after the angels are defeated!]
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1) well. he's got a point. He doesn't need to trust them to work with them, and there's no point in dwelling on what comes "after" when they haven't ensured it's a done deal yet.
2) Rex is petty, apparently. To some degree, anyway. Because getting compared to this hundred-year-old amnesiac guy does, in fact, make him want to get up and keep going. Rex isn't about to be the weak link in this weird lineage of amnesiacs facing major threats.
3) he isn't confiding all the soft, tender, sensitive feelings of his in this guy again. Like, the pep talk is working, but Rex isn't happy about it.
He chews on all this quietly for a few moments, before snorting. ]
"Flock." You really are a bird, huh.
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That's what you got out of all this?!
[Not denying it, though! But yeah, bird puns definitely leave no room for doubt: this guy is 100% a bird person]
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Nah, I got plenty of other stuff out of it too. That was just the bit I wanted to point out.
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I don't go around calling attention to you all and your...
[...he realizes he lacks critical information:]
What are you all called?
[It's been more than a month and I don't think Revali has been informed about humans in all this time]
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[He resumes his complaining:]
I don't go around calling attention to your personity, or whatever conjugation is the right one here.
[He shakes his head, bothered by how he just used a word that doesn't exist, but hey: if these people are called 'person', then alright, 'personity' must be the word referring to their race as a whole, he supposes.
Nothing like he unintentionally making a fool of himself]
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Is nitpicking your way of coping or are you trying to be infuriating on purpose?
[He says that but without any bite because he's filing that down for future use. So all these people are known as persons and they have personhood. Alright, that'll do]
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Rex thoughtfully taps his chin before shrugging ]
Mmmm...
Por qué no los dos?
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[He should have seen that response coming]