Age of Prosperity

Chapter 4

Revali's POV:

        Me and a few Rito soldiers flew around Rito Village. I had decided, along with Zelda, to search around Hyrule looking for monsters or other signs of Calamity Ganon's control remaining in the land. We had assembled a small team of Rito warriors, me of course being the leader.

We started at Rito Village, as we were closest to it, and its warriors weren't currently there, therefore it should be checked first. After about an hour, we decided to move on. We decided against checking around the Hebra area, as most monsters would freeze there anyway. Of course we did go by the stable and labyrinth just to be sure.

It's a weird thing, that labyrinth. Some say it was created by the Shekiah monks. Others say the ancient Zonai. Most are on the side of the Shekiah, as Shekiah tech and markings can be found there. It really was a mystery.

Not too far from the stable, we found a small camp of Bokoblins.

This was not alarming as they were there before Ganon's return. To not have to fight head on, I simply released a few bomb arrows. This worked quite well, and we collected any monster parts or materials left behind.

After this, we decided to head back home. I needed to commission something, after certain a Rito... Who saved not only my life, but the lives of many others. Who also taught me humility, even though it's not needed.

After all, I'm very humble! But maybe, possibly, I should act with more humility?Anyway, I went ahead and commissioned a statue of Teba and his son, Tulin. It sat right on the landing.

I personally requested it being there. As if he hadn't been there, that would be a memorial. I preferred to not be a memorial, but instead a monument. A monument of course, to how great I am.

I thought back to the Lost Woods, he and Tulin really idolized me? It felt nice, to be idolized, but at a certain degree, it also was uninteresting, maybe even boring.

His son was cute, and so was the admiration. But he and his father seemed to think I was the best there was. He couldn't even recognize his own achievements. Or even, the fact I, too had flaws.

I think it's the opposite with me, I cannot recognize others achievements. Because then, I feel weaker and insecure, even though I am fully aware of my potential and achievements.

I live a life alone. I have dreamed about a life, one similar to Teba's. Maybe except the excessive admiration. I must say, one person had caught my eye.

A Rito from another village, who has a bright magenta feather color. One that rivals my dark blue, she doesn't obsess over me, but only congratulates me for my ability. She understands me more.

She is, in my eyes, almost perfect in every way. She is very graceful, and seems to have some connection to Medoh. He seems to be trying, to push us together... that fiend. He now only lets me control him if she's there.

It's gonna take a lot for him to make it up to me. Unless, he actually helps me... I won't dwell on that. Optimism is wrong, always set your hopes at the lowest possible, always be realistic. Prepare for the worst. That's the mentality all should have, as it's the most realistic.

I do wonder though, what if I left that approach and tried a new one? What if I approached everything with a mixed sense of realism and optimism?

I was taught to never settle, keep going. Nothing will ever be enough. Look at everything with pessimism. That's what my parents made me think.

Funnily enough, they died because they overestimated themselves, and I must mention I almost did too. They tried to fight a lynel, only the two of them, no help, no backup or warnings, completely and utterly alone.  They died in that fight. I almost died in the fight against that... that thing. That horrid fiend, the mindless minion of the Calamity.