Shadow of the Colossus for the PS2
Asked this question of my heroes: What are you afraid of?
Luke Callindor– Spiders.
Timoran Wrath– Magic.
Nyx– Really, you two? That’s as deep as you’re going to go?
Luke– Well, what about you?
Nyx– Losing my magic, being deadweight, discovering I’m destined solely to die against the Baron, losing control of my magic, and failing my friends. That’s how you answer that question.
Delvin Cunningham– I don’t think it’s a competition.
Nimby– I’m scared of getting stepped on by giants.
Fritz Warrenberg– One of my inventions being used for evil purposes. That happened once and I tore up the plans. It was too late, so I petitioned to have the weapon banned on all continents. That’s how you face your fear.
Aedyn Karwyn– I agree with Nyx that failing my friends and my order weigh heavily on my mind. Sari and Fizzle have been quiet.
Sari– Fizzle can go next. Delvin needs to answer too. I think Luke and Timoran should answer again.
Fizzle– Fizzle not sure. Fear of pain. Fear of hunger. Fear of death. Fizzle not really think of it.
Delvin– To be fair, Visindor Forest is rather calm and you didn’t have much that would be a threat. I’m going to go with a fear of making a bad decision that gets my friends and family killed. That’s always something I consider when making plans. Beyond that, I do have a mild fear of getting stabbed.
Luke– You’re a warrior. Why would you be afraid of swords?
Delvin– Not swords, but actually getting stabbed by them. It hurts, Luke, so I don’t like it when it happens. It’s natural to not want something like that to happen.
Luke– Guess you’re right. Well, I am scared about failing my friends and making a mistake at the wrong moment. Also being a burden on others. I’m rather outclassed here, so I fear that I won’t be able to carry my weight and someone may get hurt trying to protect me.
Timoran– I believe fear of failing our friends is universal. I also fear bringing dishonor to my tribe even when I am away. This is a difficult question since I have been trained to push my fear away or utilize it for strength.
Nyx– I had similar training. It’s more common in our world than where the author’s from. We walk into danger every day with the undead, demons, and other creatures wandering around. So, what about you, Sari . . . where did she go?
Kira Grasdon– She ran out and tossed me in with this blue wig. What’s everyone talking about?
Delvin– We were asked to say what we fear.
Nyx– Kira can answer while I wrangle our gypsy.
Kira– I’m not a hero, but I fear the usual stuff. Death, disease, bandits, being in charge of my father’s business, losing loved ones, and . . . that kind of covers it. I’m not a warrior like the rest of you.
*Explosions and screaming from outside.*
Nyx– I got her!
Sari– I don’t like this question.
Timoran– You will be fine. We all answered.
Delvin– I don’t think we should push this. We’ve been going longer than we should have anyway.
Sari– They can just read The Compass Key to see my answer.
Aedyn– Please tell me this thing was not a promotional ploy.
AUTHOR– No, but I’m having trouble coaxing Sari to answer in this skit. She’s really resistant. It was like pulling teeth when I wrote her scenes in the book. That’s not even counting some of the later stuff. How about one word, Sari?
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Sari– Abandonment
