Trust is one of the key themes of The Last Guardian, and this intimate sequence is centred firmly on the beginnings of the relationship between the boy and the beast.
You’ve awoken in a cave, with no recollection of how you got there and strange markings on your arms.
With no way to escape, and feeling sympathy for the creature – despite its formidable size and reputation – you set out to help it.
The “man-eating beast” – Trico – lies nearby, in pain and unable to stand, a heavy collar around its neck and armour-plating across its forehead and down its back.
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