Been thinking about Four (and Mini) recently
I imagine Four has only ever split twice in their life. The first time they drew the four sword, it was super disorienting for the colored links to come into being but all four of them came to the conclusion that defeating Vaati could fix it. And once they put the four sword back, Four was back to normal. Becoming four people was weird and took a while to process but they figured it was a one time thing and didn’t dwell much on it.
The second time though, it was hell. Four was not only split for much longer, but the colored links developed personalities of their own as they became farther apart. They formed bonds with other people and didn’t always get along.
The second adventure keeps them up at night. Four questioned their identity, who are they? Where did the four links go? Are they a culmination of the four colors or are the colored links different parts of Four? Who would Four have become if they hadn’t drawn the four sword? Is part of them evil for joining Shadow? Was Shadow their counterpart? Why doesn’t Four have a shadow anymore? Will they lose a piece of themselves if one of the colors dies? If the four sword broke while Four was four, what would happen? Is Four broken? Will they always be broken? Can Four be repaired or will they never be whole?
When they put the four sword back, Four took a much longer time to recover, physically and mentally. They worried splitting up would become a reoccurring thing and as time went on, they found themself itching for the four sword once more but refused, scared of what it would mean.
But as they started adventuring with the Young Chain, Four was forced to draw the four sword once more (with gloves on) and the urge to split was greater than ever. So close to the sword, Four had to physically stop themself from drawing the sword and burying the issue left a mental toll on them. The longer it went on, they began to get more agitated and antsy.
Four gets in their own head a lot, especially around the four sword, it doesn’t help that they’re also pretty awkward with the others. Four looks up to Clover, doesn’t know how to talk to Tears, is intimidated by Twi, and is conflicted about their revered predecessor Mini being much younger than them.
Mini especially gives Four a hard time, utterly confused when Mini doesn’t have the same issue with splitting. Or had a shadow link. And they can’t exactly get all the information successfully out of 10-year old, leaving Four with more questions than answers.
