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Temple and Aaron fall into Hyrule
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There is a peaceful hilltop in the southwest end of the Necluda region.

It's not a very interesting hilltop. No grand hero's quest started here, no dramatic confrontations or great feats of magic happened here, there is not even a farmer or lumberjack plodding out a steady living. It's just a hill, and the most likely thing a hero would want to do here is leave. There's grass, a few trees. A patch of woods, a river, and a swampy area border it. Mountains and the river block the south as a direction to leave it.

But this hill is about to have something interesting happen to it...

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"Alright! Thank you again, mister...?"

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"I'm Tassaren. Pleased to meet you."

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"Temple and Aaron Grayward! And likewise. We will go to Milo and Filo."

And they do that.

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Milo and Filo are little kids! Well, not little, they're about 12.

They're pleased as peaches to have helpers to boss around, though they still work themselves. They mostly have the big-strong strangers stack a lot of hay inside the main building from where it was before. And then draw well water. They take great delight in babbling authoritatively about horses to their new 'employees'.

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Well, if they are going to be like that. Then Aaron sees no alternative other than responding to orders with a salute and saying "Sir! Yes sir!"

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Where the well water is supposed to go? If it's just a single location, then Temple can just make a small raincloud over it.

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A merry little martial band they make, twins and strangers industriously taking care of the horses.

The well water is to fill up the horses' troughs and the tank in the kitchen. A raincloud probably can't do it, as much as the boys would like to see it.

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Temple can make a small demonstration anyway. Once they are done with their chores.

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Cooool.

"Hey if a Gerudo like you has this kind of magic how come Gerudo is still a desert?"

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"Well... first, I'm not creating water. Just drawing it from the air. Second, using it takes from my stamina. Third but not least, I'm not a Gerudo."

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"But your ears are round and your skin is dark. That's what Gerudo have. Even though I've never seen a Gerudo boy."

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"Well, I haven't seen a Gerudo of any variety either!"

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"He is human. Sometimes we come in different shades."

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"Gerudo use sand seals instead of horses, too..." And he's back to horses.

He'll probably talk their ears off as long as they'll listen, but they've finished earning their beds.

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They listen some (Aaron more so than Temple) and ask a few more questions about Gerudos and Hyruleans in general.

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Well, it's Hylian, not Hyrulian. Gerudo women wander around Hyrule looking for husbands, and they don't worship the dragon-spirits. At least they still believe in Goddess Hylia. Hylians are the most common people who live in Hyrule and they're everywhere. Zora, Gerudo, Rito, and Gorons all tend to stay in their own cities mostly.

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Temple pulls Aaron away before he can ask about Hylia. He does not want to figure out how religious tolerance works in this world before enjoying the comfort of his bed. They wish the boys good night.

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This is about the same time as their father catches them and sends them off to bed, too.

They can sleep peacefully through the night.

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Good, that is their preferred sort of sleep!

(They actually just need to sleep for four or five hours, but they can convert wakefulness into health. So they wake up when everyone else does.)

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People seem to wake up at different times, but a couple hours after dawn works. The tableau of fellow travelers is different. Sagessa seems to have already set off.

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They didn't expect her to stay. Are any of the fellow travelers talkative enough to give them a clue to what they should do next?

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There's a pair of guys whispering to each other furtively. There's a middle-aged man in armor setting up his horse. There's a trio of young women discussing their plan if they get attacked by monsters while scavenging in the plains of Hyrule Field. There's a man with glasses taking notes on something.

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Do the whispering pair look suspicious somehow? Like, are they eyeing people based on how vulnerable they are or something?

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Are the three women amenable to being overhead. See, Aaron and his brother are new around here (that is an understatement) and are not sure how to defend themselves.

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The whispering pair is puzzling over a piece of paper between them. They glare when Temple tries to approach. "We're not doing anything that's your business, bud."

The adventurer trio's leader says, "I mean, you use a sword and shield? Or a bow?"

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