The arena, so called because I felt it should, was damp and cold. It was almost frigid to the point of ice building up. The cold could have been from anything; the damp environment, the location being so close to the well, isolated from the surface where sunlight could warm up the grass...

"Zach, this is the worst date I have ever been on!"

… Or it could be from the multitude of reanimated corpses moaning and grabbing at me and Midna.

"Yuck! Don't call this a date even when you're mocking me." I bit down on a gnarled hand that had tried to throttle me. I gagged and almost vomited at the taste, like leathery old boots dipped in ketchup. I would describe what the room looked like and how many ReDeads there were, but Midna had stopped sharing her eyes with me. "And of course this is the worst. We're under attack by a dozen and one zombies, it's cold and wet, and I can't see a damn thing!"

I heard something crack. "Actually, it's just four."

"What do you mean, 'just four'?"

"Well, there were five, but the last one had a sudden case of being folded in half. Why aren't you pulling your weight?"

Growling against the twitching wrist of a now left-handed ReDead, I said, "I'm sorry, I have a case of not being able to see because a giant bug stung me in my one good eye!"

Midna repositioned herself on my back. "You don't need to see for this." There were sounds of her zapping the four ReDeads with magic before she yelled at me to jump. When I did, I shattered one ReDead's ribcage, snapped the second one's spine, and completely splattered the third one's upper torso. The fourth one, however, had the good sense to use its scream against us while we were in midflight. We crashed into it and we all toppled to the soft, uneven floor. The Redead must have died, because it wasn't moving below me and Midna.

"You know, I can't help but comment-"

"Shut up."

"-on the sheer lack of coherency-"

"Shut up!"

"-that comes with ordering a blind man-"

"For the love of Din, shut up!"

"Din has no love. Anyway, ordering a blind man to jump about like a bunny."

Midna sighed and managed to get herself moving again. "If that last one hadn't screamed, this would have been a perfect fight."

"True." With a tense snap, I shook the paralysis off and rolled off the ReDead. "Now we can find out where we are."

The Twilian resumed sharing her vision with me, revealing the eight-sided room in which we landed. It was boggy and filled with mud. There were also the ReDeads which had emerged from standing sarcophagi inserted in every other wall of the room. Between two of those sarcophagi was a dank passageway that fed into a much larger chamber that looked almost exactly like the Bottom of the Well: A prison-like hallway that wrapped around several smaller cells, with a trench in the hall filled with water.

I tip-toed through the passage and winced at my aching joints. Covering the floor was a thin layer of water mixed with gross slime, making it difficult to walk and painful to breathe. "All this for a single bug. What a crock."

Midna nodded and patted my head. "I agree, this is ridiculous. This place... it's filled with evil and smelly things, how did one of them get down here?" I went left along the hall. "Hey, you remember doing this before, right?"

"Mhmm, except this was from a game before Twilight Princess," I replied.

"Wonderful. This is like your ultimate dream, eh? Exploring the world of Hyrule, trudging through danger and hazards, and spending time with me, the Twilight Princess herself. Oh, and the insect is on the left."

I shrugged and ducked into the indicated cell... and found a giant hand waiting for me. "Oh for fu-" It turned green and shot at us like a bullet, knocking us to the floor. With Midna's vision off-point, I was helpless to stop the Floormaster from punching me in the face. As I crashed against the cell bars, I saw through Midna's eyes her using the Ordon Sword to impale the hand. "Be careful, it will split into smaller hands!"

Sure enough, the Floormaster squealed and flopped away from its attacker. Midna tried to follow after it, but the Shadow Insect chose that particular moment to fly in and sting at her. "AAAGHH!" She dropped the sword while I tried to bite at the tiny hands skittering about. The annoying little things couldn't hold still. Since I could not see with Midna's scrambled eyes, I ended up falling through an invisible floor, where I was beset by dozens of ReDeads...

… Nah, just kidding. I just slammed my head against the wall when I chased one and it ran under my legs. I know because Midna was looking in my direction as that same tiny hand jumped up and clutched her throat.

"I can't breathe!" Her vision became dull and gray. "And it's draining my magic!" Before long, I was fully blind again, but I was able to turn around and lunge for the deadite hand. I snapped my jaws around it and wrenched it from Midna's neck, and when it disappeared into dust, its adopted twin brother hopped onto my back and started clawing at the base of my skull. It didn't get too far before it was ripped away. "Zach, I killed the bug, but I can't get us out of the well. You got a plan?"

"Oh yeah, let me just fetch it out of my ass like everything else."

Midna yelled and I heard steel striking stone. "Enough of your sarcasm! And you! Don't you tap your finger at me!"

Confused, I asked, "What are you talking about?"

"The hand is tapping its finger at me like it's getting impatient!" She yelled again and something squealed in pain. "I just killed the last little hand, and what the hell was that thing?"

"A Floormaster. Giant living undead hand that splits into smaller hands. Good thing you got the last one, it would have grown into another Floormaster... Hey, I got an idea."

"From your ass, I assume."

"Nope, the ceiling." I leaned against the cell bars and sighed. "Goddesses, this place stinks. Anyway, there's a creature called a Wallmaster that takes its victim to the beginning of the dungeon."

"I know I'm not going to like this, but what is your plan?"

I rolled my shoulders and said, "Look around for a shadow on the floor, a circular shadow, and wait. Let it grab us, then it should take us to the room in the windmill."

"Should?"

"Well, it's either that or hope we can drain the well and go up that way."

"... Oh why not. I'm already covered in sewage, can't get much worse." She mounted my back and sputtered her lips. "Oh, and thanks for getting that spooky hand off me."

"Likewise." A few seconds later, I heard a whooshing sound. "Here it comes. Hold onto me, it can get us both at once."

Midna lay down on my back and said, "I want to repeat that I do not like this. We still have the entire mountain to go, you know."

I sighed and felt the Wallmaster's enormous form engulf us. As it lifted us up into oblivion, I said, "I know. How many have we gotten in the village?"

"Gah, this is so cold! Ahem... There's the one on top of the house, two in the cellar, then one in the street, one in the shooting gallery, and the annoying one we just got. That's six, so just eight more." When I landed, I paused when I felt dirt beneath my paws. "We're outside the well. That's kinda convenient."

I nodded and tried to redirect towards Eldin's spring. With Midna giving directions, we made our way into the pleasant and refreshing water. "You know, I really really appreciate that these springs can heal."

"Me too, but I wouldn't mind a nice warm bath right about now."

"Well, there should be a hot spring atop the building on the far left side," I said as my injuries shrank into nothing.

Midna cracked her neck or back and said, "Why didn't you say so? Let's go!" Nodding in agreement, I shook myself dry (accidentally throwing her off in the process) and we made for the ramp that would lead to the planned hot spring with my Twilian cohort guiding me.

Once the adventurers were freshly bathed and dried, Midna mounted his back and aided his descent back to the ground. "Alright, so that's six down, eight to go," she said. "I don't have enough magic to let you see, but I promise I'll keep you up to date on what's happening."

Her companion hobbled in the direction of the cavern tunnel at the far end of the village, where it fed through into the beginning roots of Death Mountain. "If I recall correctly, there should be a platform on the right where I can jump up the grated wall."

"There's no wall."

"What?"

"There's no wall," she repeated. "It's just a ramp." Zach shrugged and proceeded up. The canyon walls twisted and curved as the two made their way inwards. After a few dozen paces, the walls opened into a clearing riddled with steam jets and Shadow Archers above them. "Hold still." Midna summoned the Ordon Shield and secured it to Zach's snout, then patted his neck. "When I say so, run as fast as you can."

"Archers?"

"Archers. Ready, set... GO!"

Zach took a few steps forward but immediately tried to turn around. "Wait, I don't know where I'm going!"

"Go that way!"

"Which way?"

"THAT way!"

"WHICH WAY?!" An arrow whizzed by his head. Midna grabbed the wolf-boy's snout and jerked it to the left. "Stop that, that hurts!"

Midna growled. How useless could this idiot be?! "FORWARD MARCH!" Another arrow got stuck in her ponytail. Zach rushed as fast as his legs could carry him up the dirt path, each arrow landing closer than the last. "Jump to the left! YOUR OTHER LEFT! … Oh wait, that was the right left... No, stay left! ARGH!"

"I don't underSTAND!"

Midna let out a sigh of relief and sagged against Zach's neck. "It doesn't matter... we made it."

Zach's muscles were stiff. He prowled low to the ground and crept along the next passage, using his whiskers and side as a guide. "Good, because I hear someone talking up ahead."

"Fan-freaking-tastic," the Twilian grumbled. She removed the shield-mask and ruffled the top of her ride's head. "I can see the Spirit Orbs but not really the shape."

As Zach drew near, he relaxed somewhat. "It's a Goron grumbling about how the elders aren't letting anyone in the mountain to help with their problem."

"There's a step behind him," Midna said. "So what's their problem? Is it Fused Shadow related?"

"Bingo."

"What's Bingo?"

"For the love of... Yes, it's a Fused Shadow problem!"

Midna pinched his cheek as they continued up the mountain pass, nabbing three Shadow Insects along the way. "Okay, so now we have three left... whoa..."

"... Ah, hello?" Zach called. He gently shook back and forth to wake Midna back up. "What is it?"

The clearing they entered was not exactly clear. In fact, it was filled to the brim with metal mechanisms not unlike the ones used around the Twilight Realm. Magnets. Giant magnets used to haul ores and minerals from one spot to another, only these were more rigid and hand-crafted compared to the magic-machined ones on her native soil. Were these hand-crafted? They looked as though they were forged with megaton hammers and giant fists.

The mining area was devoid of all life; no spirit orbs, shadow beasts, shadow archers, not even a single shadow bat. What it did have were three Shadow Insects, only...

"The bugs got bigger."

Zach halted and turned his head to look up at the imp despite the fact that he was still blind. "... Excuse me?"

Midna repeated herself. The Shadow Insects had a growth spurt, it seemed, since rather than the larval forms Zach and Midna were hunting before, these ones were as big as Zach. Human Zach. Perhaps even a bit bigger, with a large pointy horn on their heads that crackled with electrical energy. Their golden scales gleamed with the artificial Twilit afternoon.

"But... we're not even near the top of the mountain," Zach protested. "There's still so much left to-"

Midna grabbed his ears and yanked him to the left just as the nearest Shadow Beetle charged. Its electricity caused the Twilian's neck hairs to stand on end, but she was no worse for wear. The Beetle slammed into the corner wall and squealed at the cracked carapace poking it in the eye.

The other two Beetles hissed and clicked their mandibles, though they did not join the fight. "They are studying you," said Orochi. "Watching for weaknesses and strategies... impressive."

"Oh yes," Midna growled, "Fabulous. Got any ideas?"

A soft chuckle echoed through her mind. "Their armor is metallic in nature. That is all we will say."

"All you will say?!" The Twilian received no answer, so she gave the Fused Shadow a hard knock on the side. "Alright, Zach, apparently their shells are metal. What good does that do us?"

Zach heard the dented Beetle's click and jumped out of the way of its charge. He bit down and narrowly missed its leg. "How do you even know that? Er, nevermind. If this place is anything like the Goron Mines... Are there giant hanging magnets around?"

"Why yes, you clever little dog," said Midna, then she nodded. "Ohh, I see what you're saying."

"Oh, lightbulb. There ya go." He promptly received a slap on the head. "Ow! Will you stop doing that?!" The Beetle charged again, this time with a high hiss. Midna pointed Zach forward and guided him up a metal ramp off to the side.

If all went well... "I think there's a lever up this way that activates the magnets. I used to play around with the workers when I was younger, so if I pull this..." The Twilian reached up and tugged on a cobalt lever. When it refused to budge, she spotted the cause: The magnet's generator was unpowered. She cleared her throat and smashed her hair fist into the incoming Shadow Beetle, denting its shell further. It charged a shot of electric energy and just barely missed the hapless duo. "Say, there's an idea."

Midna grinned and wiggled her fingers at the Beetle. "Come on, is that the best you can do? I'm right here! Come on, DO IT!" As the adult insect prepared more energy, Midna grabbed it with her hair and slammed it into the generator, and then she pulled down the lever. Whirring to life, the nearby magnet activated and snagged the Beetle in its glowing green grip. Since it was overcharged at the moment, the magnet crushed its victim under the weight of its own exoskeleton. The magnet powered down as a Tear of Light floated away. "I got it!"

"Great, kid, but don't get cocky!"

"Turn that music off!"

"Aw, come on... OW, FINE!"

Midna looked around to inspect the rest of the mining operations. There were several cranes that carried magnets around the facility, though some were in a state of disrepair. It looked as though something very big and very hot smashed its way through them, leaving a trail of soot and slag behind. The two Shadow Beetles stood on the balcony across from the heroes and clicked their mandibles. A magnet hovered over the farther Beetle while the closer guarded a lever.

The Twilian narrowed her eyes and patted Zach's neck. "Alright, I've got an idea. It's gonna hurt you a little bit, but I think it'll work."

Zach huffed and barked, "I have no say in the matter, do I?"

"Nope!" Midna giggled, and then she scooped Zach up with her hair and hurled him at the closer Shadow Beetle. While the Beetle managed to dodge, the wolf activated the lever and trapped the second Beetle in a magnetic field. Midna summoned the Ordon Sword and sprinted as fast as her stubby legs could carry her, but the Beetle was already lifting Zach up with its two front legs. "Hey, Goldilocks!"

"How do you know that story?"

"SHUT UP I AM RESCUING YOU!"

The Beetle threw its prey at Midna, knocking them both to the warm metal ground. Zach groaned as he stood up, Midna on his back. "How'd that work out for you?"

"Seriously, Zach, shut up," said Midna. "Lemme think... Well, there goes your 'unspoken plan guarantee', so how about this: Fight the insect so I can stick it in its underside and knock it into the magnetic field."

Zach sighed. "It's not the worst plan in the world, but I can't even see how big it is. Only got a gauge." Midna grabbed his ear and yanked him to the side. "OW! What's the big idea?!"

"It tried to ram us. Alright, when I say so, jump to your left... Steady... Steady... NOW!"

Zach jumped, dodging the Beetle's charge. Midna swiped down and severed the Beetle's front right leg at the joint. Golden blood dribbled from the wound and the Beetle fell off-balance, which opened it up to a headbutt from Zach. Midna leapt to the Beetle's back and thwacked the pommel of her sword into the insect's glowing eye, cracking the glass-like dome protecting the precious organ.

The Beetle reared up on its hind legs and attempted to shake Midna off, but with a simple instruction, Zach pounced on its soft underside.

With her companion distracting the Beetle, Midna hopped to the ground and held the sword at an angle. "Let go!" Zach released his jaws and fell beside Midna, who then wrapped an arm around his head. "Don't move."

Midna clenched her eyes shut as the Shadow Beetle collapsed on her and Zach, the Ordon Sword's tip jutting from between its wings.

Squealing at the steel in its body, the Beetle limped away from its attackers... into the field created by the magnet. It was helpless against the pull, and with the speed at which it was lifted up, the sword impaled the Beetle already there.

"As Zach would say, 'Double Kill!'"

The two Tears of Light merged and enveloped Zach and Midna despite her protests. "Wait, no! The sword is still-" In a flash, the two were back in Eldin's spring, a man and his shadow. "... there."

Elsewhere...

"Necktie!" cried the Goron at the entrance to Eldin Province.

The other Goron shook his head and gestured at the black wall of Twilight. "No, no, it's nectar."

"Nickel?" The patrolman cupped his crusty chin. "It's an 'N' word, definitely an 'N' word." Both shared a secretive glance before the main Goron cleared his throat. "Klaatu... Verata... Cnidaria Rex!" At first, nothing seemed to happen, and then the Twilight wall cracked down the middle and exploded in a dazzling display of light and shadow. "Ha! I knew it!"

"Lucky guess..."

"Relax," I said in my human voice. "The sword came with us. It's right here in its sheath." For some reason, the cloak I was wearing when I entered the Twilit barrier was nowhere to be found.

Midna returned my fake eye and said, "Well, I'm glad we're finally ready to get the second Fused Shadow."

After a moment, I opened my good eye and was so relieved when I saw Eldin floating before me. "You're a sight for sore eyes," I said with a smile.

"Aw, no affections for yours truly?"

"Hush."

"Hmph!"

"... Yes, it's good to see you too, Midna."

"Thank you!"

Too relieved to care about her pride, I laughed. It felt so good to see again, and while my eye was a bit sore still, I could see Eldin very clearly. Like Ordona and Faron before it, the Light Spirit took the form of an animal made of light. Its preferred shape was that of a great eagle or owl, its wings tipped with golden circlet designs and its talons clutching the orb filled with Tears of Light.

"My name is Eldin. O youth chosen by the gods..."

I can't help but notice you aren't calling me 'hero', I grumbled in my head.

Eldin seemed to snort at me. "You are not yet worthy of such a title... You seek the Dark Power in the mountain... but be warned... What you knew in your world will not help you in this world..."

Before I could question the spirit, it faded away and left me and my shadow alone in the spring. "The fuck does that mean?" I sighed and ran a hand through my hair. "Well, that wasn't cryptic and confusing at all."

Midna giggled. "Hey, it could be worse. You could be, I dunno, the one hiding in the shadows." I rolled my eyes and turned around... and was immediately accosted by a scruffy little Ordonian boy.

"Zach!" shouted Talo as he clung to my waist. Behind him gathered the other village kids and Renado and everyone else I saw inside the shaman's house. Except the ancient man...

"Okay, that's enough male-to-male bonding, kid." I gently grasped the boy's arms and pried him off me. Kneeling in front of him, I had Midna summon something into my hand. "I believe this is yours."

Talo's eyes widened and he plucked the item from my palm. "My headband!"

I chuckled and patted his shoulder. "What did I tell you about crawling under gates, kid?"

"Haha, see, Beth?!" the boy called. "I told you Zach would save us!" Beth crossed her arms and refused to make eye contact, but by Din's vision her blush did not escape me.

I walked up and shook the tall shaman's hand. "Hi, I'm Zach."

"You are the one whom these children speak of?" asked Renado. I nodded and he bowed his head. "We are well met. I am Renado, shaman of this town. And this..." He gestured to Barnes, paused, and then moved to the black-haired girl. "This is my daughter, Luda."

I nodded and said, "How'd you kids get away from the Bulblins?"

"The beasts took us," said Colin, "and I think they wanted to take us west, but the big one said no. He said that his master wanted us here..."

"Huh, the west is Lake High-Leia, right?" I asked.

Renado raised an eyebrow. "Lake High-Lee-Uh, yes." Oh come on, that's not fair. Well, good thing this isn't broadcasting across the entire Internet. "At first, I couldn't believe they had come from so distant a place as the Ordona Province."

"Hoo, yeah, that was a pain," I said with a grimace. "A week of trudging along and setting up camp whenever it got dark." I glanced down at my shadow. "Or when a certain someone complained about needing beauty sleep."

"Hey, the beauty sleep was for you."

"Ha ha, you're so fucking funny."

"You walked from Ordona Province to here?" asked Barnes, raising his visor. "What kinda tough guy are you?"

It was too easy. "Let's just say I'm out of this world."

"Ugh, that was painful."

"Hey, you are too."

"... This is true."

"It was like a nightmare," said Malo, his eyes staring at the ground.

Renado nodded. "Nightmares are everywhere these days, it seems. This village has certainly seen its share of recent hardships-"

"Like losing the general lady," said Barnes. "Hey, Zach, did you happen to find her?"

I shook my head. "No sign of her." "Midna, did you ever see the general lady?"

"... Here and there."

"... Oh, shit. Um, sorry..."

"Don't be. Nothing you nor I could have done to help her."

"In any case," said Renado, "you must take these children and flee this village before more nightmares descend."

I sighed. "There's a gate blocking the exit to Hyrule Field. We're locked in here unless someone has a horse. The big Bulblin, King Bulblin, has the key to unlock the gate."

Renado frowned and said, "I did not realize you understood the Bulblins so well..."

"It's like I said!" shouted Beth. "He started this! It's his fault!"

"Calm yourself, child," said Renado.

I cleared my throat. "I know because it is my business to know."

"Wow, rude much?"

"Not now, Midna!" I shrugged. "I know it looks like I'm some sort of double agent or whatever, but I'm not. See?" I held up my right hand and showed them the Triforce. "Ask Eldin, it'll back me up. I'm here to help, and that means that I'm gonna have to climb that mountain and calm the Gorons down."

"This is just so fun," chirped Midna. "Really, it is. You're all gung-ho to climb the mountain, it's rather admirable."

"Thanks."

"Well, except for the fact that you don't know the way, you don't have the equipment, and-"

"Aaand that's enough of that." I sighed and rubbed my forehead. "I'll do that after I get some rest, though. I've been walking almost on all fours for the past week."

Renado waited a moment and then gestured to the nearby inn. "You may rest up there. I trust you have a plan for persuading the Gorons."

As I walked with him and the others, I noticed the ancient man in the shadow of Renado's house. "Yeah... something like that." His thick bushy eyebrows kept me from seeing his eyes, but I knew he was watching me. "Who's that over there?"

"That is Sahasrahla," said Luda. "He is our village chief and elder."

"Huh, that sounds so familiar. Ah well, I'll talk to him tomorrow."

Renado nodded. "Yes, we need to spend this evening taking stock of our resources. I fear what the beasts have done to our supplies of food-"

"And bombs!" said Barnes. "If they blew up my storage shed..."

I chuckled. "Your bombs are fine, Barney. Is there anything you can tell me about the Gorons, like how to get to them?"

"My name's not-"

Renado cleared his throat and opened the inn door. "They recognize only strength. A normal person could not persuade them, but... I do know one person who was able to best them and earn their trust." He retrieved a loaf of bread while I sat down. "The children know of you, so you surely have met the mayor of Ordon, Bo."

I took an offered piece and popped it into my mouth. Once the morsel was swallowed, I said, "I know him, yeah. While I'm there, I'll let him and the other parents know their kids are safe."

"Hey, I want some," said Midna. "I'm hungry!"

"What a tragedy. OW! OW! OKAY!" I took another piece and 'accidentally' dropped it.

Renado nodded. "Of course, getting them back would be best, but we could not keep them safe from the monsters on the road without a horse and cart. As for the Gorons, I am sure Bo will be able to tell you how best to win their trust."

"Excellent," I said with a clap of my hands. "I'll set out tomorrow."

"Wait, wait, what?" Midna asked, her tone dark. "Set out where, exactly?"

Renado escorted me to one of the spare rooms of the inn. It was rather spartan, with only a bed and wardrobe, but it would do. Once the door was closed, Midna popped out of my shadow and glared at me. "What did you mean by 'while you're there'?"

I sighed and unbuttoned my vest, using my flashlight as a guide. Its battery was at seventy-five percent. "To get to the Gorons, I'll need something from Ordon Village. I wish I had thought to grab it while we were there-"

"No kidding!" Midna clenched her fists and started pacing. "UGH, this is a disaster! We have no food, no money, no plan, and now you're going to drag me through two weeks of this?!"

"Hey, give me a little credit," I said petulantly. "I at least know what to do. We get to Ordon, grab the Iron Boots, get back here, save the kids from the raid, then climb the mountain. No biggie."

Midna removed her helmet and vanished it into her 'purse'. She stamped her white foot on the floor. "No biggie? Zach, that is what you'd call a biggie! I can't believe this! I've half a mind to just climb the mountain myself and leave you here!"

I grit my teeth at her. "Then go ahead and do it! See how you handle the Bulblins, Dodongos, Fire Slugs, Beamoses... Beamosi... Beam- The laser eye thingies!"

"Don't underestimate me," Midna snapped. "I helped defeat the giant plant, I held my own every single time we encountered Shadow Beasts, and I saved you from those zombie things. I could very well carry this story without you, knowledge or no." She sighed and held her forehead. "I'm too tired to continue this argument. Right now, I'd rather just crawl into bed and sleep."

I frowned. "What should we do about the sleeping arrangements?"

Midna shrugged and hopped onto the bed. "Eh, it's better than the ground. I get the bed, you get the floor."

"Hey, how come I have to sleep on the floor?"

"Because I am not sharing my bed with you, for one," said Midna, "and I had to sleep in a cold, clammy cave when I first got here. You can tolerate the floor."

"I can't help but feel this is some sort of abuse against me."

Midna burrowed herself in the blanket and snorted. "Yes, this is totally an abusive relationship, Zach. It's not at all like, I dunno, common courtesy for the lady to have the bed."

I pulled out my sleeping mat and threw it on the floor. "Fine, but next place we go to, I get the bed."

"We'll see."

Once I checked to make sure Midna could not see, I changed into sleeping clothes and laid down on the mat. "Hey, Midna?"

"I'm not reading you a bedtime story."

I had to suppress a sigh. "That's not what I was gonna say."

"Oh. Then what?"

"... Thanks for not leaving me behind. And for letting me see for some of the time."

Midna made a sound like an audible shrug. "You were helpless, I was doing my civic duty. Hey, could you put some music on?"

Scrolling through my songs, I asked, "What are you in the mood for?"

"Mm, I dunno... Something relaxing but not depressing, if that makes any sense."

I smiled and selected one song that started with a cheery flute. "I got just the thing."

"Down from the door where it began," sang the voice of Gandalf the Grey as played by Sir Ian McKellen. "And I must follow if I can..."

"Ooh, I like this one," said Midna. "Very peaceful." She yawned and snuggled against a pillow. "Good night, Zach."

"Have a good rest, Midna."

"The road goes ever on and on, Down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, And I must follow, if I can..."