Thread: [Spoilers] The Patch 4.2 Discussion and Speculation Thread!

Eh? Asahi is right there next to his mother in the cutscene.


He was definitely in the cutscene. Yotsuyu refers to the woman as her mother, the woman considers Asahi her son (and the Imperial officer seems to think Asahi and Yotsuyu are her's). The mother does refer to Yotsuyu as her sister's (therefore making them cousins) but we don't hear anything about a brother, and Yotsuyu definitely mentions a brother selling her. It's possible having never known he real mother (the Doting Mother says Yotsuyu's mother died) she is unaware that they aren't brother and sister, or it could be that her mother hates her and wishes she wasn't her child.

In the cutscene we SEE Yotsuyu being worked as an ox or an ass or some other beast of burden--so we don't have a reason to assume she's lying there. The doting mother only attempts to "come to an understanding" with the Imperial about Yotsuyu not being educated; I don't get the idea that this is when she was sold off. After the Echo the Warrior of Light narrows his eyes at the dead Imperial, then their gaze softens. I don't think we were witnessing the sale of a child.

Fun Fact: the game script refers to "Doting Mother" as YOTSUYUSMOM and the Imperial as HENSO. While not necessarily canon, I thought it was cute.