Aftermath
He stood like a statue frozen as he watched the single tear slip gently from her cheek as it met the mirror and it resonated with energy and then it was gonna nothing but dust in the dry desert air. His face was stuck in an expression somewhere between mortified and defeated the chief emotion he felt was numb shock. Zelda reached out to set her hand on his shoulder but he only turned away barely forming the words that slipped from his lips
"Don't, Please"
"Link... I'm so sorry" Zelda stammered out dumbfounded at how her once resolute hero and moreover friend sounded so fragile so broken
"C..can we just go please Princess" The hero of courage meekly asked
"Certainly link" Zelda said gently following him out of the temple.
The ride back was slow and quiet nothing like the trip to the arbiters grounds a few hours prior even epona seemed to know Midna was gone. When we finally arrived at the castle we were both tired although I knew if I asked he would deny it I knew he was
"Link why don't you just stay here tonight" I weakly pleaded
"Princess I..." He began to protest
"Link it's the middle of the night and your exhausted I won't have to riding to ordonnance like this" I said surprising by how commanding I'd sounded. For a moment he looked like he might persist but then just looked down and nodded
"Alright Princess"