"W-woah! U-uh, eheh, uh, T-Twinnie? C-can you please put me down?!"
"Aw, Minty, c'mon, we came out all this way to see where the music was coming from, and now we know! Don't you wanna join in? I could use a partner for a duet"
"I-I-I mean, uh… eeep… you're… you're still alright, right?"
"Minty… I know it's scary, but, I'm still me, and I promise I won't let anything bad happen to you. Just trust me, can you do that?"
"Y… yeah. I trust you. S-so, uh, does… w-what does it feel like?"
"Well, kinda like getting trapped inside a plushie, that's inside of an overinflated bounce house. At least, Hylund did. Don't really know about me, but I'm guessing I'll be pretty close to that…"
"Wait, what do you mean by that?"
"Well, uh, Hylund kinda tuckered himself out making me this, so if you wanna join in, I mean, well… better than waiting for him to wake up, right?"
"I… guess?"
"Alrighty! Brace yourself, Mint-butt"
"Wah!-"gulp!
Strange things nowadays, one moment we're up a mountain to the north looking for the source of that strange bagpipe music, next thing you know I've been gobbled up and blown up into a big bagpipe dragon myself! What a nice fellow, really, though I can't help but feel he might just need a few friends to be around, the poor big bouncy guy. Luckily, I've got Minty right here with me~
Two friends for Hylund aren't much, but it's certainly a start.
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