The Ties That Bind (XCX)

The Ties That Bind is Tatsu's first Affinity Mission in Xenoblade Chronicles X. This mission is located on East Melville Street in the and can be found any time after  is completed.

and Tatsu, eternal nemeses, happen to meet each other on the street. Tora has a nice secret to share, just to make Tatsu owe Tora a favor later: the Dodonga Caravan, Tatsu's family caravan, has moved into Noctilum.

When he was captured, Tatsu lost track of Dodonga Caravan, where his mamapon Koko still lives. Tatsu is worried that BLADE will fall if he's not around, but Elma decides they should pay a visit for goodwill with the Nopon anyway.

Objectives

 * 1) Head to the Dodonga Caravan at Noctilum's Whale's Nostril.
 * 2) Talk to Koko at Noctilum's Whale's Nostril.
 * 3) Search for Tatsu's father's glasses on the shore south of Primordia's Biahno Lake.
 * 4) Retrieve Tatsu's father's glasses from Primordia's Headwater Cavern.
 * 5) The mission-exclusive Bizarre Insidia guards the glasses, but the glasses can be gotten without fighting it.
 * 6) Talk to Koko at the Dodonga Caravan in Noctilum's Whale's Nostril.

Rewards

 * Holofigure: Memento
 * Dodonga Caravan will stay in Whale's Nostril. New missions can be found here.

Results
After Tatsu found his father's sunglasses, Koko finally had to acknowledge that her son was no longer a child.