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31. Main Quest Segment: Carrying the blue flame, to Hateno Ancient Tech Lab



I can't make a strong argument about this part, but I know I like it. I think it has something to do with some symbolic Beauty going on here, but it's really subtle, or maybe I just made it up.

Purah used to do this torch run, and lately she hasn't been doing it. But Link has come to town, to bring back normalcy to the world, and bring back the routines to this town, the traditions. I'm a routine-oriented person, so maybe I get a special kick out of re-establishing one.

Or maybe the idea the developers were going for here, is the idea of Link "carrying the torch" of Links of past ages. Or maybe they were going for the idea of relighting the torches from darkness, being like bringing life back to Hyrule, or bringing hope back, or something. Or maybe these are all coincidences and they just got lucky.

Or maybe they just knew there'd be something satisfying about carrying a beautiful super bright blue flame a long distance. A clue to this, is that they put these lanterns all over, and there's no reason to light them all, but they put them everywhere because they knew you'd love lighting them.

My favorite aspect of this quest, is that nearly every person in town has unique dialogue if you're holding the blue flame, talking about how they've missed it, or how they're worried about Purah, or how pretty it is, or asking what you're doing with it. The kids in town all follow you around saying "wow!!"



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