What it Means to be a Hero
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The night burned with fire and screams.
Zelda stood amidst the chaos, her voice trembling between command and prayer. Then-through the smoke-a figure emerged. Cloaked in black, his blade shone with the light of the dying moon.
Each strike carried purpose, fury, and something deeper she couldn't name.
He was no knight of Hyrule, yet he fought as though its fate were his own. When the flames dimmed, and the silence fell heavy as ash, Zelda caught a glimpse of his eyes-bright, haunted, and unbearably familiar.
And for the first time, she wondered if the kingdom's salvation...
had been walking in shadow all along.
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