Epona snorted, kicking the tufts of grass that tickled her leg.
"Easy, girl," Micah said, brushing the side of her neck with his hand.
Belle came out of Micah's pocket, flapping her wings impatiently.
"Isn't Link done yet?" she said. "It's really smelly in that pocket of yours."
"Yeah, I usually keep stuff I find under rocks in there." Micah said. He laughed at her reaction. "C'mon, you can sit on my finger."
Micah looked at Parapa, the cozy little town that Link and he had ridden to. It reminded him of Hyrule Castle Town, where they had been only hours before, only less noisy and crowded. He wondered why everyone in the world didn't want to live in places like this.
"What a nice day," Belle said, contently relaxing her wings as she sat on Micah's right index finger.
"Yep," Micah said. "I never knew the sky could be so clear. The trees in the forest are always blocking most of the sky, so... hey, I smell sweet corn!"
Micah lifted his head, taking in whiffs of air scented with the smell of food. "And chicken, and bread... mm! It's like everyone in town's making this stuff!"
He began to get off of Epona's saddle, while Belle, suddenly taking flight, cried, "But Link said to stay here!"
"Why?" Micah said. "So he can have all the chicken and bread and sweet corn to himself?"
"No, because you would probably get lost!"
Micah turned. Holding two bottles of milk in his hands by the gate of the town stood Link.
"What's that?" Micah said, jumping down.
Link held up the bottles. "Parapa milk," he said. "The best in the world."
"I thought Lon Lon was the best."
Link shook his head. "That's what people say who are too lazy to travel all the way out here," he said. "Anyway, I figured that, since you're going out of the forest for the first time anyway, you might as well have a taste of the world."
Link handed one of the bottles to Micah. Micah was still distracted, smelling the air. "What smells so good?" he said.
Link looked at the town. "They're having a festival," he said. "Want to go?"
"Yeah!" Micah squealed, jumping up and down.
Link raised an eyebrow. "We probably won't get back to the forest until late at night," he said.
"I don't care!" Micah said. "I gotta have a taste of the world, right? And since when do they have festivals in Kokiri forest?"
"I guess never," Link said with a laugh. "All right, let's go. As long as you don't mind getting home late."
"Don't worry," Micah said, looking to the town with a grin. "I'll sleep well tonight."
Taking a sip from his bottle and taking Belle with his other hand, Micah followed Link into Parapa, whose cries of joy mirrored the brilliant blue sky of a glorious midday in Hyrule.
"Easy, girl," Micah said, brushing the side of her neck with his hand.
Belle came out of Micah's pocket, flapping her wings impatiently.
"Isn't Link done yet?" she said. "It's really smelly in that pocket of yours."
"Yeah, I usually keep stuff I find under rocks in there." Micah said. He laughed at her reaction. "C'mon, you can sit on my finger."
Micah looked at Parapa, the cozy little town that Link and he had ridden to. It reminded him of Hyrule Castle Town, where they had been only hours before, only less noisy and crowded. He wondered why everyone in the world didn't want to live in places like this.
"What a nice day," Belle said, contently relaxing her wings as she sat on Micah's right index finger.
"Yep," Micah said. "I never knew the sky could be so clear. The trees in the forest are always blocking most of the sky, so... hey, I smell sweet corn!"
Micah lifted his head, taking in whiffs of air scented with the smell of food. "And chicken, and bread... mm! It's like everyone in town's making this stuff!"
He began to get off of Epona's saddle, while Belle, suddenly taking flight, cried, "But Link said to stay here!"
"Why?" Micah said. "So he can have all the chicken and bread and sweet corn to himself?"
"No, because you would probably get lost!"
Micah turned. Holding two bottles of milk in his hands by the gate of the town stood Link.
"What's that?" Micah said, jumping down.
Link held up the bottles. "Parapa milk," he said. "The best in the world."
"I thought Lon Lon was the best."
Link shook his head. "That's what people say who are too lazy to travel all the way out here," he said. "Anyway, I figured that, since you're going out of the forest for the first time anyway, you might as well have a taste of the world."
Link handed one of the bottles to Micah. Micah was still distracted, smelling the air. "What smells so good?" he said.
Link looked at the town. "They're having a festival," he said. "Want to go?"
"Yeah!" Micah squealed, jumping up and down.
Link raised an eyebrow. "We probably won't get back to the forest until late at night," he said.
"I don't care!" Micah said. "I gotta have a taste of the world, right? And since when do they have festivals in Kokiri forest?"
"I guess never," Link said with a laugh. "All right, let's go. As long as you don't mind getting home late."
"Don't worry," Micah said, looking to the town with a grin. "I'll sleep well tonight."
Taking a sip from his bottle and taking Belle with his other hand, Micah followed Link into Parapa, whose cries of joy mirrored the brilliant blue sky of a glorious midday in Hyrule.