Link had enough of rain to make him feel like he would never be dry again. This was a good excuse to take a break to buy supplies and maybe a hood to keep the rain off his head for a bit. Since he forgot to find Purah in that one village, it seemed like a good evening to make another attempt at locating the settlement. Link had given up on finding Hateno after he mixed up some directions and got distracted by Octoroks last week. Link also missed fire.

Hateno only took him two weeks of traveling and teleporting to find. It would have been less, but the one guy he stopped for directions quizzed him about dreams and a bunch of stuff Link didn't understand before trying to chop his head off. Link knew the vocabulary word 'Yiga' well enough now to know it wasn't an accidental insult on his part, or a customary greeting ritual on the other. The next person was, mercifully, not a Yiga and patient.

Link stumbled into Hateno that night and figured Purah would probably not want to be disturbed at this hour. Sleeping properly seemed to lessen his worrying tendency to start wildfires. (Link wondered if he was always an arsonist, or if it was brain damage like his amnesia.) He looked around for a long time trying to find the darn inn and was relieved when the person at the counter acted as if he were a customer. He knew it was unlikely, but had worried he'd be seen as a maniacal home intruder. The worry he got the building wrong vanished after the person accepted rupees and pointed him to a sleeping spot. Link was starting to think he was at least the maniacal bit. He also had the urge to stand on the counter when talking to the proprietor of the inn but suppressed it with a supreme force of willpower. Link needed sleep before he slipped into arson mode.

He was awakened by the light of the Blood Moon and remembered all the Lizalfos he'd slain on the way to Zora's Domain. No one present understood the ancient and colorful curses which spouted from his mouth.

"...Read these runes for me pleeeeaaaaase?" The little girl asked Link. She'd been asking Link to look at runes all morning and there were no signs of her stopping. Purah was thrilled to have a person who read/spoke fluent Ancient Hylian and Ancient Sheikah. Link was beginning to wonder if he'd have to sneak out when she wasn't looking. The problem was she still had his Sheikah Slate in her possession. The function repair was nice but he was wondering how long he'd be here. (He decided not to mention the readme files on each rune. He would never be free if he did.)

Link got his Slate back eventually. Symin distracted Purah with a question at about three-o-clock and Link took the opportunity to say, "ThanksgoingtoteachaZorahowtocookbye!" He teleported out before Purah was able to grab him. She grasped at the blue lights and huffed before returning to her notes.

Link approached the Zora throne room after Prince Sidon had run ahead. Zoras' Domain was so beautiful that he stopped for a moment to drink in the views. The stonework was amazing. He also appreciated that the place wasn't flammable. He'd hate to accidentally set this place on fire.

Link strolled into the throne room and waited for the introductions.

It was time to get this over with. Link needed to know.

Link asked, "A mib einga ske dtoslay mons terso rwo rkas ac ook?" The Zora King looked at him funny and Link wondered if he got the words wrong. "Sorrybu tiha veto fr eea Divine Beast? Idon othav et imef orco ok ing..." Link knew he should have listened much more closely to what Sidon was saying along the way. The simultaneous facepalms were a good sign that he'd messed up somehow. Link rehearsed the words on the way but it could also have been a translation error.

Link tried again. "Zelda tol dm etoge tonb oar da Divine Beast?"

Later, Link was hiking up the trail wondering who Lynel was. He probably wasn't too social of a fellow if he lived at the top of a mountain. Hopefully he was willing to share shock arrows. If there was a terrifying monster up there, Lynel probably needed those shock arrows for self-defense. Link thought he could sneak past the monster and trade or perhaps kill the monster as payment? The recent Blood Moon had Link worried. Lynel might have been left alone against monsters. That would be awful.

Two hours later Link stumbled into Zoras' Domain and found a guard. He quickly explained he couldn't find Lynel anywhere as best as he could. He was worried about the guy, clearly he'd fired a lot of shock arrows around the place. The monster had a large supply and had probably stolen them from Lynel. He slew the monster up there but couldn't find the missing man and time was of the essence. If Lynel was dead, they could get the body down long before the next Blood Moon at least.

He felt so embarrassed when the Zoras explained Lynel was the name of the monster.

"...Good answer! Let's get going! OK! Here we go!" Link nodded enthusiastically as Prince Sidon explained a plan for attacking Vah Ruta.

Prince Sidon was happy the guy seemed to understand until he noticed Link was just standing there. Prince Sidon remembered the throne room and the misunderstanding about the Lynel. "Should we go over the plan again? I'll draw pictures."

The pictures worked and Vah Ruta went down fast.