[N... no, don't make that face. That face plucks pangs of guilt from his heartstrings just as deftly as the melody she had played earlier, even as his general sense of unease about her remains, settling as a quiet itch in the back of his mind in contrast to the chilling spike of anxiety from before.
... But, maybe he was wrong? Though he still can't quite summon the courage to hold her gaze with confidence, he listens closely to her words, and finds it difficult to tease out any insincerity from them. Nor do any of the double meanings he can possibly think of seem to quite fit in context. And the memory of interrogating the future's Princess upon his own arrival (at a time the fairy godmothers were also out in force, no less) hangs over him like a gloomy cloud.
He needs more information. Fortunately, she asks a deceptively simple question that may lead to just that and work out some of her apparent misunderstanding in one fell swoop. Gently, lightly, he places a hand over the one at his arm, as though to steady her, because he knows what he's about to say is going to sound rather insane.]
... There are two young men that bear that name in this realm. The first hails from Kokiri Forest and is usually accompanied by a fairy, though she has failed to follow him here. The second returned relatively recently from defeating a great evil known as "Calamity Ganon" and possesses a... heavily decorated right arm that is a deep green in color.
[...]
Though... I do not believe either is the one you are looking for, are they.
[If it doesn't actually sound like a question, that's because it isn't one. The royals associated with those Links are all accounted for, even if he's the only one that can truly be sure of that.]
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... But, maybe he was wrong? Though he still can't quite summon the courage to hold her gaze with confidence, he listens closely to her words, and finds it difficult to tease out any insincerity from them. Nor do any of the double meanings he can possibly think of seem to quite fit in context. And the memory of interrogating the future's Princess upon his own arrival (at a time the fairy godmothers were also out in force, no less) hangs over him like a gloomy cloud.
He needs more information. Fortunately, she asks a deceptively simple question that may lead to just that and work out some of her apparent misunderstanding in one fell swoop. Gently, lightly, he places a hand over the one at his arm, as though to steady her, because he knows what he's about to say is going to sound rather insane.]
... There are two young men that bear that name in this realm. The first hails from Kokiri Forest and is usually accompanied by a fairy, though she has failed to follow him here. The second returned relatively recently from defeating a great evil known as "Calamity Ganon" and possesses a... heavily decorated right arm that is a deep green in color.
[...]
Though... I do not believe either is the one you are looking for, are they.
[If it doesn't actually sound like a question, that's because it isn't one. The royals associated with those Links are all accounted for, even if he's the only one that can truly be sure of that.]