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[There is generic sound of movement as the device is shifted around before Link actually speaks. His voice is a bit strained and he sounds exhausted and confused.]

Right. Is this thing on? I think I figured out how to turn it on.

[There is more shuffling.]

I'll just assume it's on. Right. So. How do I put this.

[Link sighs and there is more shuffling.]

You know what? Here. See this? Not to insult anyone's aesthetic or what have you, but why shrunken heads? Behind the toilet? That talk? I mean I've seen some pretty weird things, but...

[Link pauses. There is general silence for a few seconds.]

You know what. Never mind. It's not that odd. I had another question anyway.

[There is more shuffling, followed by a deep breath.]

What is this? I don't know what this is. I mean it looks like a sink but the faucet is too high up and the knobs too low and there's a sink right there anyway. So why is there a second sink in a large box? Is this some sort of weird custom for you? If it is, please, explain. It's odd.

[More shuffling, and the sound of footsteps.]

Also I was wondering where the baths are? I haven't seen one yet. I'd kind of like to bathe at some point. Also, where are my weapons? I want those back. You know just in case something wants to, I don't know, attack me?

You do realize you have monsters in the halls. Disturbing, shuffling, monsters. They kind of look like corpses? So I'd like to have adequate protection. In my general experience monsters don't remain docile.

Actually they're never docile...this whole place is just strange.

[Link moves the device in his hands again. He's mumbling.]

Now how do I turn this--oh. There's no visual. Weird.

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That sounds totally cool! So she was an honest-to-Zeshat goddess?

I have no idea who Zeshat is, but yeah. Zelda was a Goddess before she became Zelda. That didn't make trying to find her any easier.

Actually I think it made it worse.

Oh, Zeshat's my goddess.

[Kinda.]

I knew a Zelda, but I don't think she was a goddess.

Oh. I've never heard of Zeshat.

[She must be a goddess of a distant land or something, Link figured.]

Zelda...didn't really know she was either? She had to go on this purification journey to regain her memories.

I kept just missing her too. That was frustrating.

[Distant land? Well, he's not wrong.]

Ohh. Did she have amnesia, or something?

[Though the only amnesia Lily has experienced usually comes back in a couple days or so...]

No? Zelda's the daughter of Headmaster Gaepora. We grew up together. She's Hylia but she's also Zelda?

...it's really complicated.

I'm not sure I understand it all, even.

I think I get what you mean. [Kinda. Maybe. A little bit.] She's like two things mishmashed into one?

Er, kind of?

[His head was starting to hurt. This was why he never talked about Zelda and her goddess-thing. It was just too confusing.]

It's more they're the same thing? Her soul is Hylia's, but she was...

[There was a word for this. He knew there was a word for this.]

Ah! Right. She was reborn as Zelda. So she's Hylia, but Zelda...?

Ugh.

This is why I don't talk about it.

Wait! I get it! That's called reincarnation. It's kinda like her soul was reused.

Yeah! It's the same soul, just a different vessel.

I think.

[Link really should have paid more attention when Zelda was explaining this.]

I get it. Totally. [She actually does!] That's way super cool. I've never known anyone that was part goddess. What was she like?

Demanding. Pushy. Cheerful. Really sweet, and pretty.

[Zelda was a lot of things.]

She shoved me off of Skyloft once, actually.

[More than once.]

We were best friends. I joined the Knight Academy because she said I should do something with my life instead of lazing around and flying on my Loftwing.

Ohhh. [The Zelda Lily knows was very pretty and proper. Interesting!] What's the Knight Academy?

Huh? Oh, it's, uhm. It's a school?

[Way to sound like an idiot, dumbass.]

We're training to be Knights to keep the people of Skyloft safe. Children aren't exactly careful and they could fall off the islands and die, especially if they don't have their Loftwing yet.

Well I was training, that kind of got derailed....

[So the Knight Academy trains knights. Duh, Lily. Fucking duh.]

Annnd what's a Loftwing?

Loftwings are our companions. They're birds. We fly with them. Without the Loftwings we wouldn't be able to travel between the islands.

[The thought of the Loftwings reminded Link that he hadn't seen his anywhere.]

[Lily sounds absolutely elated.]

Birds? You fly with birds? Oh Zeshat, that's the coolest thing! I wanna fly! I mean, I had my bee, but she couldn't get too far off the ground...

It's the greatest feeling in the world!

[Link sounds like he's in heaven, just thinking about flying.]

The air in your face as you soar through the sky, the feeling of the sun...nothing's compared to flying on my Loftwing.

[He begins to sound a bit sad.]

If I knew where he was I'd show you. He likes to show off.

[Oh no. Lily winces.]

Ummm... Link, I'm sorry, but he's probably not here.

[Link sounds a bit sad.]

I kind of guessed. Normally I can feel him. The bond between a Loftwing and their rider is something special but I...can't. The last time this happened Groose had trapped him in a cage.

I'm sorry. [She sounds genuinely sympathetic.] Lots of people have to leave their friends and family when they arrive.

[This girl sounds like she's been through this already.]

How long have you been here?

Here? Two weeks. But I spent two years on another ship. ... Until it sank, that is.

Two years? I can't even imagine that.

[They'd only just begun setting up life on the surface. Link couldn't be gone for that long!]

Best two years of my life, actually. The Elegante was my home.

[And now it's gone.]

This ship isn't as nice, but it's my home now, too.

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