She stares down at her dinner, her sad deep blue eyes looking pale. Her hand touches the edge of the table. Her next move is more than predictable. She traces a finger along the edge of her bowl before pushing it away.
"I'm not hungry." She speaks in a barely audible voice. I take a minute to find the words I want to say.
"Zelda…you've got to eat something…" My voice is just as quiet. She shakes her head, her eyes focused on nothing. A familiar sound fills the room. Troubled silence. The same silence that was present after the mirror shattered. The same silenced that graced our ride to Ordon. The same silence that refused to make an exit. It was as if Midna took all of the sound in the world with her when she left.
"Zelda, I-" Zelda cuts me off, standing up and cleaning her dishes.
"I'm going for a walk." She announces, facing the door, her hand on the knob. She waits for my response.
"…Be careful…" Is all I can say. She takes a deep breath and leaves.
There is the silence again.
I had always seen my home as a very joyful place but now…the walls feel like they're going to cave in under the pressure of the topic we're avoiding. I just need to say it. Midna broke the mirror. She's gone. It's over. But I can't. It seems unreal. Everything. Midna is gone, the princess of Hyrule was rendered homeless in a battle, and now she is living with me. Never in a million years did I see myself in this place.
I look out the window. There she is. A tiny moonlit figure, standing in the field. She falls to her knees, her head in her hands, crying. I fight the urge to run to her and attempt to fix everything but I can't. I can't fix anything. I'll just make things worse.
But there she is.
Hyrule's great princess.
Crying before me.
Suffering from the aftermath of war.
And I am silent.