Eivor left the fish for them on a nearby barrel.
- Nel: Walter, we got the fish! Thank you, stranger!
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Fishing Lesson
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Fishing Lesson was a virtual representation of one of Eivor Varinsdottir's genetic memories, relived by Layla Hassan through the Portable Animus HR-8.5.
Description
Eivor encountered a small girl at a pier searching for her brother.
Dialogue
Eivor found a girl yelling at a pond.
- Nel: I see you! Mother is going to be so angry.
Come out, Walter! You can't hide from me!
Walter! This isn't funny anymore!
On a nearby crate, Eivor found a note.
Fishing Poem
- Dewy day has dawned!
Poor Peter peers in the pond.
Hopes and wishes to see silvery swishes
Of fine, slippery fins of fishes.
She approached the girl.
- Eivor: Who are you yelling at? I see no one.
- Nel: My brother! He's right in there! A goblin turned him into a fish.
- Eivor: A goblin turned him into a fish?
- Nel: He won't come out of the water to do his chores. Mum's going to be so angry. O, whatever will I do?
The girl walked off the dock, giving Eivor room to fish.
- Nel: I've got to get him out of that pond. It won't be easy, he's mean and slippery. Walter! You're gonna be in so much trouble when mum hears about this. She told you not to talk to goblins!
Eivor pulled out her fishing line and cast it into the pond.
- Nel: That's not the right fish. My brother has brown eyes.
- Eivor may have stepped back from fishing and spoke to the girl.
- Nel: You're no help. My brother is swimming around this pond!
A fish took the bait and Eivor pulled it ashore.
- Nel: That one smells like my brother, but it's not him.
Eivor cast her line back into the pond.
- Eivor: I am not convinced at all that your brother is under a goblin's spell.
- Nel: Keep fishing!
I've got treats for you, Walter. Worms and such.
Once Eivor reeled in another fish, the "bewitched" brother emerged from the bushes nearby.
- Walter: Another one! That's enough.
- Nel: Walter! Stay in the bushes!
- Walter: We've got all we need.
- Nel: We don't have them yet, you pudding head!
- Walter: Don't call me names.
- Nel: Pudding head! Pudding head!
Eivor approached the children.
- Eivor: Your brother looks pretty healthy... for a fish.
- Nel: We thought it would be fun to get someone else to do the fishing for us.
- Eivor: So you "fooled" me.
- Nel: And it worked! If you like, you could leave us the fish anyway. We'll swap 'em for brittle at the market.
Eivor walked away without another word.
- Nel: What? No fish?
Outcome
Eivor fished up two fish at the behest of the brother and sister.
Behind the scenes
Unlike parts of the main story that allow "fishing" with arrows, this memory cannot be completed without unlocking the fishing line, which is done by renovating the Fishing Hut at Ravensthorpe. The game specifically checks for fish pulled in via this method before advancing the girl's dialogue. This makes "Fishing Lesson" one of only two world events in the game that require specific Ravensthorpe renovations before they can be be completed, the other being War of the Collectors.
While the player may catch any of perch, bullheads, or brown trout from the pond—common fare for small bodies of fresh water within the Mercia region—the game appears to prioritize giving Nel a single bullhead, starting with the largest available size in the inventory. Under certain circumstances, e.g. having sold off all fish obtained to date or delivered them to Arth for the corresponding fishing deliveries, the game may add an additional fish to the inventory to fit this criteria, even when the player only caught two during this event. Fast traveling away keeps the memory active but places Eivor outside the boundary before the "no fish given" outcome triggers. It will trigger and conclude the memory as soon as Eivor steps back within range of Nel, thus it is not possible to sell the additional fish and return to "give" Nel nothing for the charitable outcome.