Apparently, I'm not eating as much lately and it hasn't gone unnoticed. I've got to stop brooding on the past, or I'll make everyone worry. I'm home and that is what matters, answers will come in time if I keep looking forward.
I can believe in that. I have to.
#Zelink #TotK
Sometimes I overhear talk about the Dragon of Light, and I don't know how to tell the people. I can't find the words.
No, that's not it. I think of how I can find them, and then all I can think is that I need his touch again.
Is something wrong with me?
#Zelink #TotK
I had a haunting dream. All I remember is the Great Plateau and Link at Father's grave at Mt. Hylia, but I'm looking down at all of it. An impossible sight, unless...I were flying.
I could ask if he went while I was gone.
Why? Why do I wonder if I want to know?
#Zelink #TotK
Rocket shield flight and paragliding with Link, what a thrill! This was his way of giving me what I wanted from the Skyview Tower, not that he admits it. He just smiles when I can tell about these things.
He knows what that does to me. His eyes are never silent.
#Zelink #TotK
Though they are few we still have Zonai batteries left, enough to give Link and I the means to operate devices without compromising Purah's work. With a great smile she gifted me some of my own...and a rocket shield to try. To my great surprise, it was Link's idea.
#Zelink #TotK
A queen free of any castle. Once, many would have called the idea childish. Yet the life I have led has brought us this far, hasn't it?
There is one thing I know. Power without what it is meant to protect means nothing. I don't ever want to grow distant from them.
#Zelink #TotK
I can't wait to have our next journey home. To travel the wild with the man who loves me, helping them by day and loving him by night. I missed it so badly.
The truth is...even if all my hopes are realized, I think I could never be a queen who lives behind stone walls.
#Zelink #TotK
Today we said our farewells to Riju, and a welcome delivery came. Letters and drawings to "Miss Zelda" from every child in Hateno Village, no doubt organized by Symin at the school when the Lucky Clover Gazette came to town.
The time is right. I ache for home.
#Zelink #TotK
Matters are becoming more certain. Without the Demon King, the corruption of the gloom is receding. When I or the Master Sword are near the process accelerates, and it's even faster if I exert my sacred power.
They don't want me to push myself too hard. I'll try.
#Zelink #TotK
It is ironic. I know there are still times Link worries if his words say enough. For my part, his daily acts of love make me ache to follow his example. Yet he always says things like "Your smile is enough, Beloved."
He is always accepting "archery practice", though!
#Zelink
To think I was once scared about Link being given to me. Scared that he would see me for the failure I thought I was, scared that Father was dooming me to be resented for stealing him from his calling. But Link...he never failed to treat me as if my fears were lies. #Zelink
Looking back, for all his mistakes, I think Father never let worries about appearances and rumors rule him. If he thought something was needed that was final, for good and ill. He trusted us together, and I know that was not only because of prophecy. I'll always remember that. #Zelink #Zelda #TotK
Link carried me to breakfast this morning, simply because he wanted to be seen doing it. I love him.
Father choosing Link for me was the best thing he ever did for me. I often wonder if everything he ever did to upset me came from wanting to keep me safe.
#Zelink #Zelda #TotK
Riju confided in me. Ever since my tales she dwelled on the Demon King's evil, fearing she couldn't atone for it. But Ganondorf victimized his own people as much as anyone, Rauru knew that all along. Ardi's bravery is her legacy, not his sins. She understands now. #Zelink #TotK
Riju has quite a lot to say about how the virtues of sand seal surfing prepared her for riding a horse, and even more about the spirit of her dear Patricia. One day we will go together and she will make a master out of me, such is her promise. I look forward to it! #Zelink #TotK
I am giving Link's old lessons in horsemanship to Riju as a way to bond in the wild, just us girls! It has proven to be a splendid idea; I may have taken on a prodigy. The more spirited the steed, the better they get along! Most importantly, she's laughing again. #Zelink #TotK
In truth, I'm a bit concerned for Riju. She's been quiet lately. She often asks to spar with Link, and defeat doesn't discourage her. Yet he senses "unease" from her swords, and he doesn't say such things lightly. I would help her to open her heart to me, if I can. #Zelink #TotK
Out of all our friends, Riju is who I empathize with most. She was so young when given responsibility, and she bore it with dignity. She is now the age I was when the Calamity came. If I can be even a little like Urbosa and Sonia in her sight, my heart will be full. #Zelink #TotK
After it was over, Link and I went back hand in hand. Poor Riju was the picture of distress when she saw me. All she did was speak the truth and give me understanding, with words worthy of Urbosa herself. I made sure she understood it all before I finally let go.
#Zelink #LoZ #TLoZ #Zelda #TotK
Link found me in my old room. He always finds me.
He kissed me to silence my apologies, speaking only after my tears ended.
"I love you for all you are. There's nothing to be sorry for."
What did I do to deserve this man, who would think it madness to ask the question? #Zelink
I was so stupid.
Purah said I shouldn't use Skyview Tower and wouldn't explain. I found Riju and Link to vent. She spoke what he could not.
"Princess, they don't want you to fall where they can't follow."
I fled. I couldn't face them.
Why? Why didn't I see it?
#Zelink #TotK
When they wanted me to abstain from trying the Skyview Tower, it was surely out of an excess of care and worry. They call me a hero, after all! I have paraglided before. I'd just be higher than before, that's all.
It must be so much fun...
#Zelink #LoZ #TLoZ #Zelda #TotK
Temptation lurks. Now that Lookout Landing is returning to normal, the Skyview Tower is in my thoughts.
It's right there. Such a wondrous machine. Am I really going to leave for Hateno without seeing how it works? Without knowing the wonder of gliding from so high?
#Zelink #TotK
Sidon bid us farewell today, declaring that he hopes to follow our example for "romantic adventure in the wild."
He's right, isn't he? We go to the wild for others, not for us. Yet romance seeks us, every time we help together. This is our way.
#Zelink #LoZ #TLoZ #Zelda #TotK
A dream came to me. A woman haloed by blinding light looks at me. This time dawn's light surrounds us in a forest, not darkness. She comes near to hold my face in silence.
I awoke to Link wiping away my tears, full of concern. But I think it was a good dream.
#Zelink #TotK
It feels strange to receive gratitude from Sidon. To listen to him tell it, I am a wellspring of wisdom. In my mind I continue to be a learner, with so far to go.
I confided this to Link. He simply gave a silent smile that took my breath away.
#Zelink #LoZ #TLoZ #Zelda #TotK
I spoke to Sidon with Link's advice in mind. I was so worried about hurting him but if anything, he's now more spirited than ever! He is inspired to discuss a "honeymoon adventure" with Yona. It would be a fair compromise, and romantic too.
#Zelink #LoZ #TLoZ #Zelda #TotK
When I don't know what to do, I talk to Link. He was silent for a long time before his answer.
"When I can't do something for you, I find things to do."
The words meant far more than they said, and we both knew it. Our embrace was everything.
#Zelink #LoZ #TLoZ #Zelda #TotK