[And the sound of her name - just her name, plain and unadorned by titles or honorifics - spurs on another smile of Zelda's own, warm and... shy, almost, as she ducks her head a little with her nod. It really feels like having a normal friend, hearing it like that, or at least she thinks it does. Maybe Gina doesn't quite feel the same, comparing herself to someone sworn to protect her and all, but that's fine. The feeling alone is enough.

She squeezes Gina's hand as they walk and does not swing her arm even though the temptation is there. If there's anything that the young princess should recognize as being Hyrulean, she certainly isn't acting like it yet, scanning the storefronts they pass with idle curiosity but keeping her goal fixed in the back of her mind. She doesn't have the time to waste looking at everything, and Gina's story is more important, besides.]

The right proof... [She parrots, considering. Something happened in Kokiri Forest, she knows that much because of Link, but... no one goes there. That on its own wouldn't be enough to convince her father.] Mmm, I'm trying, but... it's hard. I'm not normally allowed to leave the castle when I want. I do have someone helping me who can; I just wish there were something more I could do besides wait for him to come back.

[Sometimes, in the quietest parts of the night when she's on the very cusp of sleep, she gets this awful feeling like... she won't be able to wait that long.]