Link and Zelda had stopped for the night at ruins in West Hyrule Plains. They both sat at the campfire opposite each other staring into the embers of the fire. Aside from Link hugging Zelda when they had reunited, the two had returned to the familiar, yet cold and unvarying relationship they had before the calamity struck. The only difference was that Zelda had become more hesitant to speak. She knew, however that Link was not going to break the long silence.

"Tomorrow we'll continue on to Gerudo Town," Zelda said expectantly and continued, "thank you for accompanying me on this journey."

"Of course, Princess", replied Link

The silence returned until Link was startled by an abrupt,

"Zelda…you don't have to…I mean…you can call me Zelda."

Link nodded at Zelda and they both reentered into silence until Zelda spoke again,

"Is there anything you wanted to ask me?-I-I mean about your memories…I can imagine it can be a lot to process."

Link didn't reply.

"What do you remember?"

Link only looked up from the fire to Zelda with a look she had never seen before on him. It was almost a longing gaze. Nonetheless, Zelda felt as if she had pressed too hard too soon. At a loss, she said,

"I guess I should get some rest"

As Zelda started to get comfortable she noticed Link stand up and equip his sword onto his back.

"What are you doing?"

"Keeping watch."

"No, Link you should get some rest. Everything will be fine. At least let me keep wa-"

"No!"

Zelda was startled at Link's sudden rise in volume and pressed,

"Link?…"

"I'm sorry, Princess…I was out of line. You have to understand, Prin…Zelda…it's much too dangerous. I can't have you getting hurt. I need you…" Link paused and rushed to finish his sentence as if the next few words were what he intended to say, "to stay alive…for Hyrule's sake, of course."

"Right," Zelda replied with a suspicious tone and started to doze off after getting comfortable. She didn't see the slight smile Link had towards her before starting his long night.

Early the next morning, Link found that he had dozed off accidentally and stood up quickly to discover that Zelda was nowhere in sight. Panicked, he drew his sword and shield and ran out of the ruined enclosure exclaiming,

"Zelda!"

He looked out at West Hyrule Plains with a look of desperation until he heard,

"Link? Did you need something?"

Zelda was getting water from the nearby pond. She obviously didn't notice the panic his voice, but she did notice his sigh of relief as he opened and closed his eyes. Hoping Zelda didn't take notice, Link said,

"Never mind," and the two made preparations for their journey.

Around midday, they were on their horses side by side when Link asked,

"How old am I?"

Zelda was surprised at how simple the question was. She answered,

"18…well I guess you would be 118 now. Your birthday is just a couple months before mine. It seems we both missed quite a lot of birthdays."

"Right…My father?"

"He was a knight, extremely skilled, like you. He would have been very proud."

Zelda looked towards Link and he nodded. He then asked,

"And my mother?"

"I'm sorry, Link, I never knew her. You told me once that she died when you were very young, but you didn't say anything else…I wish I could tell you more."

There was a long silence. Zelda figured that he was done asking questions until he asked,

"Your power, when you saved me…you had problems before…do you know what triggered it then?"

Link and Zelda both knew the answer to this but were both too embarrassed to admit it. Zelda replied,

"No, I don't"

Zelda wondered once more at what he did and didn't know.

"And when you left the master sword in the forest, you had a message for me, didn't you?"

Zelda suddenly realized that she wasn't as well equipped to answer his questions as she otherwise thought. She proceeded to stop her horse out of instinct, remembering that horrible day and that message she had yet to tell Link.

"Zelda?" Link asked as he looked back at her, yet she didn't respond.

"Zelda!?" Link asked again as he quickly got off his horse and took her hand to get her attention. Zelda had fixated her panicked eyes on the clearly visible Lanayru Mountain until Link said,

"Zelda, it's okay…you don't have to answer."

Zelda looked down at Link with thankful eyes and a subtle smile. Link returned to his horse and they continued to their next destination.