Chapter 29: Cold Fish

Dekus were pretty cool, all things considered. However, meeting that one didn't even compare to when we met a zora along the way! We found it out cold on the road and, instantly, knight Link began lighting a torch for warmth and pouring water on its face. I could tell that it was still alive because it was breathing, but I was also confused as to why it was unconscious. After all, it had been sunny while the snow was melting, but it wasn't 'hot' per se.

Eventually, knight Link managed to get it to wake up. As it turned out, it was actually headed away from Hyrule Castle Town. It had only collapsed because winter air was actually drier than summer air and the poor guy had dried up and partially froze. I began wondering why it hadn't died of hypothermia, but knight Link seemed unfazed. Instead, he gave the zora the lit torch to keep itself warm (because that's all that he could've done) and sent on him on his way.

Knight Link then explained that the zoras were fish-people (relating that to a merperson blew my mind) and, because of that, death via hypothermia was almost impossible. Slave Link then asked if that meant that they were sensitive to heat. Surprisingly, though, knight Link claimed that their temperature tolerance range was comparable to a goron's, but mirrored with the hot and cold. This, I found very impressive, but there was more. I was honestly very intrigued by the fact that they had apparently developed a way to allow for humans to breathe underwater. My thoughts were something along the lines of 'how the heck did they manage that?!', so suffice to say, I was confused.

Either way, though, I ended up brushing it off because I knew that this dimension was capable of magic. Heck, knight Link's fire and ice arrows were more than proof enough of that! Therefore, I also knew that I couldn't really ask how it was possible because I'd just get the answer of 'magic'. Anyway, we continued on to get to Hyrule Castle Town within a mere few days.