"Daruk, have you seen Link?"
He had been gone for half an hour at least. He had excused himself, claiming that there was something that he had wanted to check. She had allowed him, trusting him to return within the next few minutes.
Of course, that had never happened.
Where in the world could he be?
The Chief of the Gorons didn't know, either. But he had told her it would be best to wait for his return. "I'm sure he's fine. He's a tough boulder, that kid is."
Wait here for him? Not a chance.
So when no one was watching, she sneaked out to search. After wandering for a few minutes, she heard a roar.
"...Link?" she headed in the direction of the sound before stopping at the edge of a steep incline of rocks. She gasped at what she found at the bottom.
Several bokoblins, moblins, and even lynels littered the ground, unmoving. There was one silver lynel still up and about. It appeared to be wounded, but clearly attacking something…
Her eyes widened once she found the monster's target.
Link.
What in the world was he thinking!? Jumping into danger like this…
Afraid of distracting him from his battle, she anxiously waited for the fight to finish.
The lynel struck, but not before the knight flipped backwards in the air. Time seemed to slow as he locked his sights back onto his opponent. Then, with a speed that seemed inhuman, he lunged forwards, striking again and again several times before backing off.
"Whoa…" she couldn't stop herself from whispering. This was a new one on her.
The silver lynel growled a final time before collapsing with the rest of the creatures.
Her eyes fell back on the knight, who sighed and wiped his brow with the back of his hand.
"Link!"
His face shot upwards at the sound. She had started climbing down the rocks to reach him. He immediately began to run to help her.
"Don't you dare, Link. I'm coming over. Sit down while you're at it."
He was forced to stop and sit.
She reached him without problem and sat down in front of him, examining him. The blood on his right arm caught her attention.
She gasped before shifting to sit next to him and pulling his arm towards her. She felt him wince, but no other objection came from him. She pulled off the cloth wrapped around his arm and rolled up his sleeve just past the elbow.
She felt his eyes on her the whole time.
After further examination, she spoke.
"That cut doesn't look too bad, actually. You're fine for now." She looked him in the face. "But you know, there's a fine line between courage and recklessness." Her eyes were stern. "As brave as you are, that does not make you immortal."
She shifted her gaze towards the monster corpses. A sense of dread washed over her.
"It seems that, not only is the frequency of these types of attacks on the rise… but the scale of beasts we're facing is intensifying as well. I fear that… I fear that this is an omen which portends the return of Calamity Ganon."
She stood, brushing the dirt off her rear. Before looking down at him once more. "And," she continued "if that's the case, I'm ready to expect the worst. We'll need to make preparations as soon as possible."
She waited for the knight to get back to his feet before starting their walk back to camp.
If Ganon was coming, they needed to be ready.
