Pain. Pain stabbing from the outside and piercing from the inside. It was like being set ablaze with no one to extinguish the flames all around me, with another fire consuming me from within. The only thing that kept me going, holding this barrier against Ganon, preventing all of Hyrule from fully succumbing to his ravages, was the memories of the long-dead past, and the hope for a new life in the future.
I watched helplessly as the ghosts of the past danced before my mind's eye.
Urbosa cradling me in her lap as I rested in the heat of the Gerudo desert.
Daruk's forced brave face when he was confronted by a most fearsome canine.
Mipha's gentle graciousness as she tried to help me draw out the power from within.
Revali's confident displays of unmatchable skill.
Link's quiet bravery in the face of insurmountable odds.
They sacrificed everything and Link continues to sacrifice, his body lying in wait, growing ever stronger, just waiting for the time his body will recover and he will be able to strike down Ganon and release me from this imprisonment, my body trapped by time, suspended in space, and manacled in misery.
