- You saw one, too? Glad it wasn't just me.
- There you are, Ashe! I've been worried sick
[cdb]about you.
- You were white as a sheet during our training earlier,
[cdb]and I was concerned you had taken ill.
- No, I'm sure that was all just in your head. Haha...ha?
- Hmm. That's not your usual carefree smile.
- I guess I can't hide anything from you, huh?
- Truth is, I turned my ankle during practice.
Thankfully, it's all right, but...
- Well, it reminded me of the time I saw a ghost when
I was a little kid.
- Wait, a proper ghost?! Ooh! What did it look like?
Did it say anything? What was it wearing?
- Oh dear, I'm sorry. I let myself get carried away there.
I understand if you don't want to talk about it.
- No, it's all right. I can't let myself live in fear of
[cdb]it forever.
- So on that day, my brother took sick with a fever,
[cdb]and I went into the mountains to look for
[cdb]medicinal herbs.
- As I was walking along some unstable ground,
I saw a large figure in the fog...
- And you're sure there wasn't anyone else on the
[cdb]mountain with you that day?
- Yeah, I was definitely alone up there. Plus when I
[cdb]tried saying hello, the figure didn't answer.
- I knew then and there it was a ghost—and in my
[cdb]hurry to escape, my foot slipped and I turned
[cdb]my ankle.
- Well, it's important to be careful about where
[cdb]you step.
- Wait. That's your takeaway? The story doesn't scare
[cdb]you at all?
- Not really. If I'm honest, I heard a similar tale some
[cdb]time back.
- A long time ago, a man on a pilgrimage saw a strange,
[cdb]shadowy figure deep in the Oghma Mountains.
- He panicked and began to scream, thinking it a ghost
[cdb]or some other manner of evil omen. But in truth, it
[cdb]was none of those things.
- Wait, so if it wasn't a ghost, what was it?
- It was his own shadow reflected in the mist.
- What?! Then maybe what I saw was...
- I can't say for certain, but it may have simply been
[cdb]a trick of the light.
- Oh, gosh... I feel silly for being afraid of my own
[cdb]shadow for so many years.
- It's quite understandable for you to mistake it for
[cdb]a ghost, especially since you hadn't heard the story
[cdb]about the shadowy figure.
- Thanks, Mercedes. That makes me feel a lot better.
- Hey, but if you have time, you should listen to this
[cdb]guy's story!
- Sorry, whose story?
- This guy, right here. Apparently he saw a real ghost
[cdb]a long time ago.
- Um, Ashe? You are the only other person here.
- What? C'mon, he's standing right next— Huh?
- You were alone when I found you.
- Wait, so you never saw him? What does that mean?
Was he a...