So Close, Yet So Far

So Close, Yet So Far is a Heart-to-Heart in Xenoblade Chronicles. It is located in the Audience Chamber in Alcamoth. This Heart-to-Heart can be seen only when Shulk and Melia are at purple affinity or above and if they are both in the active party.

Introduction
Shulk: I would have never guessed you were a princess, Melia.

Melia: I'm sorry I hid it from you. I was waiting for the right time to tell you, but it never came...

Shulk: I should have figured it out from the way you dress.

Melia: I dress... differently to other girls?

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Shulk: [It's not a bad thing.]

Melia: Really? That is quite a relief. I don't really know what other girls wear, so I was worried...

Shulk: Clothes really aren't that important. I like you just the way you are. You could be a princess, a pauper, or even from a crazy alien world! I'd still be your friend. I always will be.

Melia: If you keep talking like that, you'll get back in my good books. But I do wonder what it would be like if I were not a princess...

Shulk: [Nothing would change.]

Melia: I suppose not. I would most likely still have met all of you and travelled with you. But... I don't know, Shulk. Sometimes I look at everyone and I get very jealous.

Shulk: You do? Why?

Melia: Everyone is so at ease with each other. They get to be themselves. I was brought up as a member of the High Entia imperial family.

Shulk: But you're not stuck in this stuffy palace anymore. You're free now. So go on, show it off! Do something really crazy! It'll be our secret!

Melia: You mean right now, in front of you?! No, I'm too embarrassed. I can’t. Please don’t make me, Shulk.

Shulk: Haha. You don't have to. It's fine. But give it some thought!

Melia: I shall take your advice into consideration. And maybe one day you will see me do something... crazy.

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Shulk: [It's not a bad thing.]

Melia: Really? That is quite a relief. I don't really know what other girls wear, so I was worried...

Shulk: Clothes really aren't that important. I like you just the way you are. You could be a princess, a pauper, or even from a crazy alien world! I'd still be your friend. I always will be.

Melia: If you keep talking like that, you'll get back in my good books. But I do wonder what it would be like if I were not a princess...

Shulk: [I have no idea.]

Melia: I suspect things might have been somewhat different.

Shulk: How do you mean?

Melia: We might have been closer...

Shulk: Really? You think it would make that much of a difference?

Melia: Sometimes... I'm jealous. I mean... of others. I don't seem to fit in. ''And... you do not share the feelings that I have for you...''

Shulk: You don't need to worry about any of this, Melia. Remember, you're...

Melia: I know. I'm me, and I don't need to be anyone else. You're right.

Shulk: And don’t you forget it!

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Shulk: [Yeah, your clothes are weird.]

Melia: You don't like the way I dress? I suppose that's to be expected.

Shulk: What do you mean?

Melia: Ignore me... I was just... It's nothing.

Shulk: Are you suggesting my tastes are a bit less... sophisticated?

Melia: What an absurd question! I would never say something like that!

Shulk: [S-sorry, Melia.] It just felt like you were going for something along those lines...

Melia: Would you be quiet?! Let’s just forget this conversation ever happened. How about that?

Shulk: All right, if you're sure... But I am really sorry, Melia. That was dumb, what I just said.

Melia: You don't need to apologise. It was me being silly. I put you on the spot.

Shulk: Melia... I look at you and all I see is you. I don't care if you're a High Entia, a Homs, a Nopon or a Machina. You're my friend. You don’t have to be anything but what you are.

Melia: For you to say so much is appreciated, Shulk.

Shulk: So... don’t worry about it! I like you the way you are.

Melia: Then I shall remember that. And keep being me.

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Shulk: [Yeah, your clothes are weird.]

Melia: You don't like the way I dress? I suppose that's to be expected.

Shulk: What do you mean?

Melia: Ignore me... I was just... It’s nothing.

Shulk: Are you suggesting my tastes are a bit less... sophisticated?

Melia: What an absurd question! I would never say something like that!

Shulk: [I swear you were about to.]

Melia: I was not! I have no need to learn what type of girl you prefer!

Shulk: Yeah... I guess not... Sorry, Melia. You're not annoyed at me, are you?

Melia: No. It was my fault. It was a silly conversation anyway. Let's just forget about it. OK?

Shulk: You don't want to get back to the point you were trying to make?

Melia: I'd like to, one day. But... it will have to be another time.

Shulk: No problem. Just remember I'm here whenever you want to talk.

Melia: I do not intend to forget.