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Ruto stood and waited on the ledge overlooking Zoras Domain, her mind racing. Misu left just moments ago, and she felt greatly fearful for him. She stood still in wait, but quickly found herself pacing nervously back and forth. Tension was rising in Zoras Domain, and she knew her people were beginning to suspect something was wrong. Ruto then stopped pacing and tried to make it look as though nothing was bothering her, but her fear reflected clearly on her face.
The minutes slowly went by, and she began to wonder what was keeping Misu. How long could it take to get a quick look at what the creature was up to? Although it made her grow more worried, she thought maybe he was just taking his time and really being careful to check things out thoroughly. So she waited...
Time passed, and he still hadn't returned. Ruto feared the worst, and she looked wildly about, wondering what she should do. She could stay in Zoras Domain and continue waiting and fill her thoughts that nothing had gone wrong, or she could go to Lake Hylia despite the obvious risks and check things out herself. Ruto hesitated for a moment, but the second she pictured Misu and the water serpent, she found herself diving into the water. Ruto propelled herself swiftly and entered the underwater passage.
When she arrived at the exit into Lake Hylia, she remained cautiously inside the doorway of the passage in case the water serpent was near. Ruto felt her fins quiver in anxiety, as she silently looked outward, fearing the worst. A touch of relief swept over her when she saw the serpent was nowhere to be seen, and Misu at the bottom of the middle of the lake near the water temple. It was difficult for her to see what he was doing at such a distance, but he appeared to be staring at the ground intently, as though something were there. Ruto was about to leave the passage and approach to get a closer look, when suddenly it appeared.
Her heart nearly stopped, when the massive serpent appeared as though out of nowhere, but it came so swiftly from around the side of the island in the middle of the lake that Ruto barely had a chance to realize it was there. The creature made not a sound this time, which scared her, but glided silently along – heading toward Misu. Its blue scales reflected dimly under the pale light of the moon, and the only reason she could see it was there was because the night was fading and the sky was much lighter than before. In panic, she felt her throat vibrate, not even realizing she was screaming underwater. She felt her body lunge forward and she swam as fast as she could toward Misu, but she didn't make it in time.
Her eyes stared in horror as the creature then emitted a deafening roar, its green eyes flashing, before it moved in to attack. Misu looked up just in time to see it coming, and dashed away seconds before the serpent plunged its head into the rocky bottom of the lake. Rocks flew everywhere in the water, and the creature made a large crater in the ground as it instantly moved its head out of the rocks and bared its teeth at the male Zora.
Ruto soon became with in better sight range of her husband, and when he saw her there he cried out to her desperately.
"Ruto! Get out of here!"
The moment he became distracted by Ruto's presence, the serpent lunged in to attack once more. The creature flew toward Misu at lightning speed, but Misu sensed it was coming and yet again evaded its attack. Ruto knew he would have no chance of fighting the creature, and his only hope was to escape. Misu swam through the water, his fins flared and flapping quickly as he drove his body toward Ruto as fast as he could. Meanwhile, the sea serpent moved around to face him and roared again, locking on to the Zora's position in the water with its glowing eyes. Ruto quickly turned and swam toward the passage, not daring to look back and hoping Misu was following.
Suddenly, something strange happened that neither Zora was expecting. The serpent sent out a pulsating sonar wave through the water that directly hit Misu. Ruto turned upon hearing the deafening sound, and nearly fainted when she saw Misu floating listlessly in the water. His eyes were open and staring into hers, though it was almost a blank look – he had been stunned. The male Zora's body sunk to the bottom of the lake, and the look of sheer horror on his face was frozen in place. Ruto screamed in terror and turned swiftly around, her gills flaring in anger as she moved forward to go and help her fallen mate.
Just as it seemed she would get to him, the water serpent's long blue- scaled body quickly moved in front and blocked her path. Ruto backed away, and saw the serpent turn its head around to face her, and heard it give off a deadly hiss. She managed to gather her wits in time to push upward from the lakes rocky bottom as the serpent snapped its jaws and violently thrust its head forward, nearly clipping her feet. Ruto aimed at the surface, hoping to swim over the creature's back and get on the other side before it could turn its large body around in time.
She felt her back brush the surface of the water, and dove down again. The sea serpent had since moved off, but she feared it would come as quickly as it had before. Ruto desperately tried to reach Misu, who was lying at the bottom unconscious, however the serpent was far too quick. Ruto quickly caught sight of it coming straight toward her, and back tracked, turning around swiftly and racing to get to the underwater passage. She had to dodge around the creature several times as its huge jaws snapped at her while she clawed through the water fearfully, almost thinking she wouldn't make it.
The second Ruto approached the underwater passage; she listened quickly and heard a rush of movement in the water, feeling the sea serpent plunging toward her again. However, she was almost there, if she could make it just a few more feet...but it was too dangerous. Ruto darted out of the way, kicking wildly in the water and turning on her back to watch in shock as the sea serpent collided into the stone overtop of the passage way and unleashed another of its deafening roars. The impact caused the stone entrance way to crumble, and the moment the creature managed to remove its head from it, large chunks of rock crumbled near the top of the structure and fell onto the lake's floor – as well as in front of the passageway.
Trapped. Ruto's mouth gaped in fear as she swam for shore, her last hope for survival. The sea serpent followed in close pursuit, but much to her relief it veered away when the water became too shallow for it to get any closer. Ruto didn't even have to look back to feel its glowing green eyes locking on to her, and knew what was coming. A pulsating sonar wave shot through the water, but Ruto dodged away from the blast, as she had been listening intently and was well aware the creature could try to stun her like it did Misu. The wave echoed through the water and bounced off surrounding objects, barely missing the Zora Princess as she staggered to the shore and fell on top of the grass. Ruto looked behind her and watched the water's surface while crawling weakly away, not daring to stop until she was at a safe distance.
Not surprisingly, the water serpent flew from to the water in a fit of rage soon after, its long snake-like body projecting upward into the sky like it had when Ruto and Misu first saw it. Water dripped from the creature's scaly body like a small waterfall as the monster flared the fan around its neck slightly, its silver color flashing under the morning sun that was rising over the horizon. The creature then turned its head toward Ruto and gave an angry hiss, sticking out its forked tongue for a moment until it quickly plunged back into the water and disappeared underneath the surface.
Minutes passed, and Ruto waited tensely, still lying on the ground in fear. The water rippled from the place where the sea serpent was, but when the ripples died off Ruto yet again found herself by Lake Hylia's shore. She scanned the water carefully, and knew there was no way out now – she was trapped here. The only other way back to Zoras Domain was by crossing Hyrule field, which would take hours. She gazed into the water and knew somewhere – beneath its clear depths – Misu was lying unconscious. To make matters worse, since the passageway was sealed off, no clean water could enter Zoras Domain.
The tunnel acted as an underwater circulation and filtration system, allowing old water to flow out and new water to flow in from the lake. It also allowed the water from the waterfall in Zoras Domain to empty into the lake, and without the passage from Zoras Domain into the lake, the watery cavern would eventually flood. Ruto figured in ancient times the cavern had since evolved greatly to rely on the passage between the lake and Zoras Domain, and without it, her home would be destroyed and become filled entirely by water. It wouldn't be a terrible problem since the Zoras could dwell both on land and in water just fine, but if the cavern became completely filled some of Hyrule's ancient artifacts and scrolls hidden in Zoras Domain would be destroyed, and along with it part of Hyrule's history. There would also be nowhere for the water to empty into except outside into the river, but eventually the river would flood and cause damage everywhere. Something had to be done – and quickly.
Hesitantly, Ruto quietly slipped back into the water, and immediately swam behind a half submerged pillar. Silently the Zora princess peered out from behind the pillar, and instantly saw the massive shimmering blue-scaled serpent slinking calmly with its snake like movements toward Misu. Ruto's heart beat faster in her chest, fearing the worst for her husband. Much to her pained relief though, he appeared alive in the same place at the bottom of the lake, though was still paralyzed and unconscious. She figured the sonar blast had been so powerful it at first stunned him before knocking him out moments later. She didn't know what to do – she could get the creature's attention again, but she would accomplish nothing except being chased down and eaten. Or, she could watch Misu get eaten. Ruto didn't move, and couldn't look any longer. She shut her eyes tightly; begging that the moment when creature would kill Misu would never come.
Surprisingly, it never did come. Ruto listened in fear, waiting to hear another roar emitted from the creature, and in response her husband's cries of terror as the creature ripped at his flesh. Nothing. She waited, yet still nothing happened. For a moment, she wondered why, but when she slowly opened her eyes she saw the serpent flick Misu off the ground with its snout so he floated listlessly in the water. Why was it doing that? Ruto wondered silently, but remained still as to not give herself away. The serpent then swam toward him and slowly opened its powerful jaws, allowing Misu's nearly lifeless body to float gently into the very front part of its teeth. The creature didn't seem to want to eat Misu just yet, but instead gently held onto him in its mouth while it moved across the lake to the back area, disappearing into the water's aqua depths.
Ruto was stunned. She had thought the water serpent would eat her husband right then and there, but instead it was taking him somewhere as though saving him for later – or for some other reason. Ruto kicked off from her hiding spot and followed the serpent's trail, but remained at a distance as to not make her presence known. When she reached the rocky edge of the island in the middle of the lake, she hid behind a large protruding boulder from the island's side and peered around it.
At the back part of the lake was a rocky wall under the water where a massive cave-like entrance hole was exposed. Huge boulders were on the lake's bottom just underneath it, and Ruto could make nothing out from inside. She thought it led somewhere, and watched the serpent silently swim inside the hole and disappear into the darkness. It must have been the place the creature emerged from after its millennia of sleeping, and it broke through and now used it as its lair. Ruto wondered where it was going, and why it took Misu with it. There had to be some sort of hidden reason behind that, because it was an unusual thing to find a Zora eating serpent not killing its prey, bur sparing it for later instead. A strange warning feeling crept over Ruto, and she suspected the water serpent knew she was the male Zora's mate, and it was luring her into its lair by taking him alive with it. Ruto waited, fearing the serpent would soon return, but as the sun grew higher in the sky above the serpent did not come out. Ruto was struggling within herself on whether to follow it or stay back – she did have no weapons after all, and she had no idea what awaited her inside the serpent's lair if she dared to enter. Ruto frowned in deep thought but it didn't take her long to realize the creature had Misu, and he was still alive – hopefully. If she waited for much longer, the serpent could kill him anyway, but for some reason she doubted it would just yet...and she didn't know why she thought that, it was just her intuition telling her he would be kept alive...for now.
The Zora princess then remembered Misu had been looking at something with interest before the water serpent moved in and attacked. It had to have been something on the Lake's floor, because he was looking downward as though reading something written in the ground. Ruto quickly turned back toward the temple and sunk deeper into the water until she made it to the Lake's floor, and walked toward the spot where she thought Misu last stood. The huge crater left from the serpent's attack remained ever visible, but as she explored the underwater crater she noticed something glimmer on its edge. Quickly Ruto approached to see what it was, and her eyes immediately fell upon a rusted silver tablet with words engraved on it dug deep into the rocky floor. At first she thought she wouldn't be able to read what it said because it was so corroded, but after carefully examining it, the tablet read:
"In the deep, beware the creature whose eyes glow of emeralds..."
That was obvious, Ruto thought but read on.
"To vanquish the evil that inhabits these waters, use the sacred weapon of the three pointed triforces: power, wisdom and courage. Beware darkness, and the creature's gaze which shall freeze the innocent with its evil..."
Ruto knew all of that already, except the part about the weapon. What kind of weapon was it anyway? A sword? A mace? Or maybe even some sort of power beyond her comprehension? What did the three triforces have to do with it? She wondered to herself, and decided the only way to find out was by entering the water serpent's lair. She swam to the surface and looked about before noticing a man – the man who owned the fishing pond at the corner of the lake – standing outside the entrance shaking with fright. When he noticed Ruto floating tensely in the water, he cried out in shocked amazement.
"You! Fish person...Zora...what on Earth was that creature? It looked like some sort of water dwelling snake. Now THAT'S something I'd love to catch, if only I had a larger fishing rod...and maybe a weapon of some sort...and bravery..."
Ruto shook her head before rolling her eyes and responding bluntly. How foolish was that man anyway? If he had looked hard enough into the waters and saw the horror the serpent instilled in her and her people, he wouldn't be so careless with his words.
"No I don't think you would – or should – want to catch a creature like that. I would advise you to stay away from Lake Hylia for a while unless you want to become its next meal."
The fisherman scratched his curly brown haired head, watching the Zora curiously until questioning bitterly.
"Stay away from Lake Hylia? What about my business! If that creature is dangerous and hanging around here, it will scare away my customers, and I already have so few that if I lose the ones I have left I'll go out of business! To make things worse my hair is well...never mind."
Ruto glared at him, wondering what on earth his last statement had to do with the water serpent being in Lake Hylia. Without speaking further to him, she dove under the water and swam for the entrance of the Serpent's lair.
Ruto stood and waited on the ledge overlooking Zoras Domain, her mind racing. Misu left just moments ago, and she felt greatly fearful for him. She stood still in wait, but quickly found herself pacing nervously back and forth. Tension was rising in Zoras Domain, and she knew her people were beginning to suspect something was wrong. Ruto then stopped pacing and tried to make it look as though nothing was bothering her, but her fear reflected clearly on her face.
The minutes slowly went by, and she began to wonder what was keeping Misu. How long could it take to get a quick look at what the creature was up to? Although it made her grow more worried, she thought maybe he was just taking his time and really being careful to check things out thoroughly. So she waited...
Time passed, and he still hadn't returned. Ruto feared the worst, and she looked wildly about, wondering what she should do. She could stay in Zoras Domain and continue waiting and fill her thoughts that nothing had gone wrong, or she could go to Lake Hylia despite the obvious risks and check things out herself. Ruto hesitated for a moment, but the second she pictured Misu and the water serpent, she found herself diving into the water. Ruto propelled herself swiftly and entered the underwater passage.
When she arrived at the exit into Lake Hylia, she remained cautiously inside the doorway of the passage in case the water serpent was near. Ruto felt her fins quiver in anxiety, as she silently looked outward, fearing the worst. A touch of relief swept over her when she saw the serpent was nowhere to be seen, and Misu at the bottom of the middle of the lake near the water temple. It was difficult for her to see what he was doing at such a distance, but he appeared to be staring at the ground intently, as though something were there. Ruto was about to leave the passage and approach to get a closer look, when suddenly it appeared.
Her heart nearly stopped, when the massive serpent appeared as though out of nowhere, but it came so swiftly from around the side of the island in the middle of the lake that Ruto barely had a chance to realize it was there. The creature made not a sound this time, which scared her, but glided silently along – heading toward Misu. Its blue scales reflected dimly under the pale light of the moon, and the only reason she could see it was there was because the night was fading and the sky was much lighter than before. In panic, she felt her throat vibrate, not even realizing she was screaming underwater. She felt her body lunge forward and she swam as fast as she could toward Misu, but she didn't make it in time.
Her eyes stared in horror as the creature then emitted a deafening roar, its green eyes flashing, before it moved in to attack. Misu looked up just in time to see it coming, and dashed away seconds before the serpent plunged its head into the rocky bottom of the lake. Rocks flew everywhere in the water, and the creature made a large crater in the ground as it instantly moved its head out of the rocks and bared its teeth at the male Zora.
Ruto soon became with in better sight range of her husband, and when he saw her there he cried out to her desperately.
"Ruto! Get out of here!"
The moment he became distracted by Ruto's presence, the serpent lunged in to attack once more. The creature flew toward Misu at lightning speed, but Misu sensed it was coming and yet again evaded its attack. Ruto knew he would have no chance of fighting the creature, and his only hope was to escape. Misu swam through the water, his fins flared and flapping quickly as he drove his body toward Ruto as fast as he could. Meanwhile, the sea serpent moved around to face him and roared again, locking on to the Zora's position in the water with its glowing eyes. Ruto quickly turned and swam toward the passage, not daring to look back and hoping Misu was following.
Suddenly, something strange happened that neither Zora was expecting. The serpent sent out a pulsating sonar wave through the water that directly hit Misu. Ruto turned upon hearing the deafening sound, and nearly fainted when she saw Misu floating listlessly in the water. His eyes were open and staring into hers, though it was almost a blank look – he had been stunned. The male Zora's body sunk to the bottom of the lake, and the look of sheer horror on his face was frozen in place. Ruto screamed in terror and turned swiftly around, her gills flaring in anger as she moved forward to go and help her fallen mate.
Just as it seemed she would get to him, the water serpent's long blue- scaled body quickly moved in front and blocked her path. Ruto backed away, and saw the serpent turn its head around to face her, and heard it give off a deadly hiss. She managed to gather her wits in time to push upward from the lakes rocky bottom as the serpent snapped its jaws and violently thrust its head forward, nearly clipping her feet. Ruto aimed at the surface, hoping to swim over the creature's back and get on the other side before it could turn its large body around in time.
She felt her back brush the surface of the water, and dove down again. The sea serpent had since moved off, but she feared it would come as quickly as it had before. Ruto desperately tried to reach Misu, who was lying at the bottom unconscious, however the serpent was far too quick. Ruto quickly caught sight of it coming straight toward her, and back tracked, turning around swiftly and racing to get to the underwater passage. She had to dodge around the creature several times as its huge jaws snapped at her while she clawed through the water fearfully, almost thinking she wouldn't make it.
The second Ruto approached the underwater passage; she listened quickly and heard a rush of movement in the water, feeling the sea serpent plunging toward her again. However, she was almost there, if she could make it just a few more feet...but it was too dangerous. Ruto darted out of the way, kicking wildly in the water and turning on her back to watch in shock as the sea serpent collided into the stone overtop of the passage way and unleashed another of its deafening roars. The impact caused the stone entrance way to crumble, and the moment the creature managed to remove its head from it, large chunks of rock crumbled near the top of the structure and fell onto the lake's floor – as well as in front of the passageway.
Trapped. Ruto's mouth gaped in fear as she swam for shore, her last hope for survival. The sea serpent followed in close pursuit, but much to her relief it veered away when the water became too shallow for it to get any closer. Ruto didn't even have to look back to feel its glowing green eyes locking on to her, and knew what was coming. A pulsating sonar wave shot through the water, but Ruto dodged away from the blast, as she had been listening intently and was well aware the creature could try to stun her like it did Misu. The wave echoed through the water and bounced off surrounding objects, barely missing the Zora Princess as she staggered to the shore and fell on top of the grass. Ruto looked behind her and watched the water's surface while crawling weakly away, not daring to stop until she was at a safe distance.
Not surprisingly, the water serpent flew from to the water in a fit of rage soon after, its long snake-like body projecting upward into the sky like it had when Ruto and Misu first saw it. Water dripped from the creature's scaly body like a small waterfall as the monster flared the fan around its neck slightly, its silver color flashing under the morning sun that was rising over the horizon. The creature then turned its head toward Ruto and gave an angry hiss, sticking out its forked tongue for a moment until it quickly plunged back into the water and disappeared underneath the surface.
Minutes passed, and Ruto waited tensely, still lying on the ground in fear. The water rippled from the place where the sea serpent was, but when the ripples died off Ruto yet again found herself by Lake Hylia's shore. She scanned the water carefully, and knew there was no way out now – she was trapped here. The only other way back to Zoras Domain was by crossing Hyrule field, which would take hours. She gazed into the water and knew somewhere – beneath its clear depths – Misu was lying unconscious. To make matters worse, since the passageway was sealed off, no clean water could enter Zoras Domain.
The tunnel acted as an underwater circulation and filtration system, allowing old water to flow out and new water to flow in from the lake. It also allowed the water from the waterfall in Zoras Domain to empty into the lake, and without the passage from Zoras Domain into the lake, the watery cavern would eventually flood. Ruto figured in ancient times the cavern had since evolved greatly to rely on the passage between the lake and Zoras Domain, and without it, her home would be destroyed and become filled entirely by water. It wouldn't be a terrible problem since the Zoras could dwell both on land and in water just fine, but if the cavern became completely filled some of Hyrule's ancient artifacts and scrolls hidden in Zoras Domain would be destroyed, and along with it part of Hyrule's history. There would also be nowhere for the water to empty into except outside into the river, but eventually the river would flood and cause damage everywhere. Something had to be done – and quickly.
Hesitantly, Ruto quietly slipped back into the water, and immediately swam behind a half submerged pillar. Silently the Zora princess peered out from behind the pillar, and instantly saw the massive shimmering blue-scaled serpent slinking calmly with its snake like movements toward Misu. Ruto's heart beat faster in her chest, fearing the worst for her husband. Much to her pained relief though, he appeared alive in the same place at the bottom of the lake, though was still paralyzed and unconscious. She figured the sonar blast had been so powerful it at first stunned him before knocking him out moments later. She didn't know what to do – she could get the creature's attention again, but she would accomplish nothing except being chased down and eaten. Or, she could watch Misu get eaten. Ruto didn't move, and couldn't look any longer. She shut her eyes tightly; begging that the moment when creature would kill Misu would never come.
Surprisingly, it never did come. Ruto listened in fear, waiting to hear another roar emitted from the creature, and in response her husband's cries of terror as the creature ripped at his flesh. Nothing. She waited, yet still nothing happened. For a moment, she wondered why, but when she slowly opened her eyes she saw the serpent flick Misu off the ground with its snout so he floated listlessly in the water. Why was it doing that? Ruto wondered silently, but remained still as to not give herself away. The serpent then swam toward him and slowly opened its powerful jaws, allowing Misu's nearly lifeless body to float gently into the very front part of its teeth. The creature didn't seem to want to eat Misu just yet, but instead gently held onto him in its mouth while it moved across the lake to the back area, disappearing into the water's aqua depths.
Ruto was stunned. She had thought the water serpent would eat her husband right then and there, but instead it was taking him somewhere as though saving him for later – or for some other reason. Ruto kicked off from her hiding spot and followed the serpent's trail, but remained at a distance as to not make her presence known. When she reached the rocky edge of the island in the middle of the lake, she hid behind a large protruding boulder from the island's side and peered around it.
At the back part of the lake was a rocky wall under the water where a massive cave-like entrance hole was exposed. Huge boulders were on the lake's bottom just underneath it, and Ruto could make nothing out from inside. She thought it led somewhere, and watched the serpent silently swim inside the hole and disappear into the darkness. It must have been the place the creature emerged from after its millennia of sleeping, and it broke through and now used it as its lair. Ruto wondered where it was going, and why it took Misu with it. There had to be some sort of hidden reason behind that, because it was an unusual thing to find a Zora eating serpent not killing its prey, bur sparing it for later instead. A strange warning feeling crept over Ruto, and she suspected the water serpent knew she was the male Zora's mate, and it was luring her into its lair by taking him alive with it. Ruto waited, fearing the serpent would soon return, but as the sun grew higher in the sky above the serpent did not come out. Ruto was struggling within herself on whether to follow it or stay back – she did have no weapons after all, and she had no idea what awaited her inside the serpent's lair if she dared to enter. Ruto frowned in deep thought but it didn't take her long to realize the creature had Misu, and he was still alive – hopefully. If she waited for much longer, the serpent could kill him anyway, but for some reason she doubted it would just yet...and she didn't know why she thought that, it was just her intuition telling her he would be kept alive...for now.
The Zora princess then remembered Misu had been looking at something with interest before the water serpent moved in and attacked. It had to have been something on the Lake's floor, because he was looking downward as though reading something written in the ground. Ruto quickly turned back toward the temple and sunk deeper into the water until she made it to the Lake's floor, and walked toward the spot where she thought Misu last stood. The huge crater left from the serpent's attack remained ever visible, but as she explored the underwater crater she noticed something glimmer on its edge. Quickly Ruto approached to see what it was, and her eyes immediately fell upon a rusted silver tablet with words engraved on it dug deep into the rocky floor. At first she thought she wouldn't be able to read what it said because it was so corroded, but after carefully examining it, the tablet read:
"In the deep, beware the creature whose eyes glow of emeralds..."
That was obvious, Ruto thought but read on.
"To vanquish the evil that inhabits these waters, use the sacred weapon of the three pointed triforces: power, wisdom and courage. Beware darkness, and the creature's gaze which shall freeze the innocent with its evil..."
Ruto knew all of that already, except the part about the weapon. What kind of weapon was it anyway? A sword? A mace? Or maybe even some sort of power beyond her comprehension? What did the three triforces have to do with it? She wondered to herself, and decided the only way to find out was by entering the water serpent's lair. She swam to the surface and looked about before noticing a man – the man who owned the fishing pond at the corner of the lake – standing outside the entrance shaking with fright. When he noticed Ruto floating tensely in the water, he cried out in shocked amazement.
"You! Fish person...Zora...what on Earth was that creature? It looked like some sort of water dwelling snake. Now THAT'S something I'd love to catch, if only I had a larger fishing rod...and maybe a weapon of some sort...and bravery..."
Ruto shook her head before rolling her eyes and responding bluntly. How foolish was that man anyway? If he had looked hard enough into the waters and saw the horror the serpent instilled in her and her people, he wouldn't be so careless with his words.
"No I don't think you would – or should – want to catch a creature like that. I would advise you to stay away from Lake Hylia for a while unless you want to become its next meal."
The fisherman scratched his curly brown haired head, watching the Zora curiously until questioning bitterly.
"Stay away from Lake Hylia? What about my business! If that creature is dangerous and hanging around here, it will scare away my customers, and I already have so few that if I lose the ones I have left I'll go out of business! To make things worse my hair is well...never mind."
Ruto glared at him, wondering what on earth his last statement had to do with the water serpent being in Lake Hylia. Without speaking further to him, she dove under the water and swam for the entrance of the Serpent's lair.