[ This being the first Trade that Link has attempted since they became stuck here, he anxiously watches the droplet of sap fall slowly onto his Shard. It reminds him of the Blight-sharing process, except his blood — and Cid's blood — is in a much more worrying state than Link remembers Shard-Bearer blood being just a few weeks ago.
Link holds out his finger above Cid's Shard, providing the same offering of sap-blood to complete the exchange. It hangs heavily and lazily from the tip of his finger before gravity finally breaks it away from the slow stream oozing from the wound. When it hits Cid's Shard, it maintains its spherical shape upon its surface, like a droplet of dried-out honey...
And then, he feels it. The droplet of blood on his own Shard is drawn into its center, where it hardens into crystallized flecks, just as it did before when sharing Blight. But within his heart and soul, it is clear how much this process is not the same. Squinting, he looks back at Cid, as a familiar warmth begins to rush through him. The warmth of the Meridian. ]
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Link holds out his finger above Cid's Shard, providing the same offering of sap-blood to complete the exchange. It hangs heavily and lazily from the tip of his finger before gravity finally breaks it away from the slow stream oozing from the wound. When it hits Cid's Shard, it maintains its spherical shape upon its surface, like a droplet of dried-out honey...
And then, he feels it. The droplet of blood on his own Shard is drawn into its center, where it hardens into crystallized flecks, just as it did before when sharing Blight. But within his heart and soul, it is clear how much this process is not the same. Squinting, he looks back at Cid, as a familiar warmth begins to rush through him. The warmth of the Meridian. ]