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     "...It's not possible." Urbosa shook her head. "It's completely insane."

     "But what if it isn't?" Zelda insisted. "What if we can do it? Take down every single 111 units during a single night? Think about it. The Units are easily replaceable if it's just a few at a time, but all at once? It'd throw the Tera completely off balance. Other than that, we'd have made the boldest move we safely can. It'd give us the steadiest base possible to proceed. We'd have established ourselves as a threat, and they can't easily ignore us anymore."

     "Is that what we really want?" Revali argued. "Isn't it more important to hide ourselves for as long as possible?"

     "That's the thing." Zelda's eyes were bright with raging flames. "We'll hide our identities but not the fact that we exist, and that we're fighting back. It's as much a message to our people as it is to the Tera. They'd have a difficult time covering up the sudden demise of an entire layer of their system. We can tell Hyrule that they can still afford to hope."

     A moment of quiet. 

     "I hate to admit it, but it makes sense." Daruk said. "It's still crazy, though. How on earth can we pull that off?"

     Revali and Mipha glanced at each other. I was looking at Zelda, who looked as though she was turning over her thoughts carefully. 

     "The one advantage we have is the fact that Units have pretty fixed schedules, at least from what I know. Because they're soldiers, they likely have training times when it's impossible to targets them. I don't know much about the rest, but I can find out. We'll corner them when they are most vulnerable."

     We looked among ourselves.

     "We should try it." I said quietly. "If we don't pull it off successfully, then that just means we're not ready yet. It's a test of sorts."

     "This is the most efficient way, I have to say." Revali shrugged. "We'll need a ton of time to prepare, though, if we want to do this safely. It's still insane, though."

     "Yeah, yeah, I've heard enough of that." Zelda waved dismissively. "Are we doing it or not?"

     Her eyes landed on each of us in turn. This in and of itself was a test, to see if we'd follow her plans, her strategies, or not, to see if she could convince us enough to take our reins and lead. 

     Gradually, each of us nodded. 

     "Then we'll start preparing." Zelda's shoulders relaxed, but the fire in her eyes burnt brighter. "We first need to figure out the Units' schedules, then set a date of the attack. During this time, we'll take care of our other problems as well so we can proceed without repercussions. Revali?"

     "I know. I'll leave for the Island now."

     "Great. Return safely, and as soon as possible."

     Revali nodded briskly and took flight into the night.

     "Let's not waste time." Zelda looked to the rest of us. "We'll go down to the nearest town and see what supplies we can get. One of us should stay behind to guard."

     "I can!" Mipha volunteered. Zelda dipped her head to her in gratitude.

     "Hang on." Urbosa interrupted. "Is it okay if Link and I go separately? I have a place for him to work in mind and I want to take him there."

     "No problem."

     "Link? You alright with that?"

     I shrugged. "Sure."

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