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Below them, a voice called up from the courtyard, urgent and breathless. "Princess Zelda! Link! Message from Gerudo Town!"
The word Gerudo landed like a stone in still water. Zelda's fingers tightened on the railing. Link's hand moved, almost without thought, to the hilt of his sword.
A lookout came up the stairs, dust on his boots, a sealed scroll clutched in both hands. The seal bore the mark of the Gerudo Chief. Zelda broke it with fingers that did not tremble, though the air around her had gone thin.
She read the parchment once, then again, as if the letters might rearrange themselves into something less alarming. Her face shifted through a dozen small expressions: curiosity, puzzlement, then a slow, gathering concern.
"What is it?" Link asked, voice low.
Zelda folded the letter with care and met his eyes. "Riju says a child was found in the desert. A boy." The words were precise, measured. "Near the ruins of the Lightning Temple. Unconscious. Alone."