Playing With Knives- LoZ

scene 30- "just right"

A/N- This is my longest story so far, and it's not even to one of the most important things in the story. This is also my favorite story to write. Just wanted to put that out there. I still can't believe it's already at scene 30.

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Wild woke up out of his sleeping bag, and with a blanket on top of him. He was on top of Time's sleeping bag. He momentarily forgot how he got there, then he remembered last night's events. He remembered the nightmare and what Time had done to help.

Time had been very helpful recently, and he was thankful.

He sat up and looked around. He was the last person to wake up. He laid back down, looking up at the sky. He sighed, which caused Time to look over at him. Time said nothing, instead looking back at whatever he was doing.

After a few minutes, he sat up again and stood up. He walked over to Time and saw that he was cooking. What was he cooking? A bunch of apples. Wild sighed and took a banana out of his bag. He threw it in with the apples, and looked at Time.

"Honestly, nobody here can cook. You need to put more in than just apples."
Time smiled again, still saying nothing. The apples and banana finished cooking, and Wild gave it to Time. It wasn't that good of a meal, but he was too lazy to try and make something good out of 4 apples.

Later, once everyone was awake, Wild decided that he should be getting back to his Hyrule, so he left.

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He appeared on the path to Goron City, and immediately realized that he should have drank a fire resistance elixir. How stupid of him. He fumbled for his bag and rummaged around inside until he found what he was looking for. He chugged the elixir and started heading for the city.

When he got there, he started looking for Zelda. He found her in the inn, talking to the Gerudo woman inside. He waved to her, and she exclaimed,
"Oh! There you are! I was just about to fo find you so we could leave."
She stood up and bid the Gerudo goodbye before walking out with him.

"So," Zelda began as they walked, "I've already informed the chief that we'd be leaving soon.  Since we've already gone to each leader, we'll head to Kakariko to talk to Impa, then to the castle to start rebuilding."
"I know someone who could help with rebuilding."
"Really? Who? Where are they?"
"Bolson. He'll be in Hateno."
"Then we'll stop by there, too."

When they reached the base of the mountain, they headed towards the nearby stable, where they got their horses. Then, they began the journey to the closer of the two towns, Kakariko.

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"And before we head over to the castle, we'll go to Hateno to see if..."
Zelda turned to him. "Bolson, was it?"
He nodded, and she turned back to Impa.
"Yes, to see if he will help us rebuild. He knows him."
Then she looked at him again.
"I would like to speak to Impa privately. Is that all right with you?"
He nodded and left the house.

"When we went to Gerudo Town, Riju pointed something out about him. I hadn't noticed it before, but she did. She told me that he was acting different from how he acted when he first came to the city. She told me that he had been much more... bright. And he talked. I guess I hadn't noticed it because I was used to him being quiet, but now, his silence is... different. Something's off about it."
"Off?"
"Yes. I can't quite find a word to describe it, though."
"Why don't you ask Paya? She may know."
"That's a good idea. Thank you. I know there wasn't much you could help with, since I'm terrible at describing him. But thank you."
"You're welcome."

Zelda turned and walked put of the room and onto the porch. She spotted Paya kneeling by some small frog statues, and she sent over to her.
"Hello, Paya. Am I interrupting you?"
"Huh? Oh, no, princess. I was just about finished." Paya quickly stood up. "What would you like?"
"I'd like to ask you a question. About him."
"M-master..."
Zelda nodded.
"Does he seem different to you? From when he first came here?"
"Well, now that you mention it, yes. When he first came, he talked to me a bit. Grandmother even commented on him. She said that he had changed quite a bit."
"Really?"
"Yes. Is this what he was like before? All quiet and sad?"
"Sad?"
Paya nodded.
"Sad. He seems so... how do I put this... I don't know, melancholy. Like he's upset about something. At first, when you two came here, I thought it was someone else with you."
"Huh. So Riju was right. I'll have to ask him about it."

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As they rode on to Hateno Village, Zelda decided that now would be a good time to ask him about it.
"Is anything going on? You can tell me if something's bothering you."
Great. Another person asking him if he was okay. Another person worrying about him when they could worry about literally anything else.

He sat up straight and did his best to look happier.
"I'm fine."
"Really? Because-"
"I'm fine."
Zelda looked surprised that he had spoken.
"Oh. Okay, if you say so."

The rest of the journey was spent in silence, including the way back to the castle.