The sun is halfway down the horizon as Link and Aloy arrive at the outpost via sand seals where Riju awaits them. Given Riju's need, they were not going to be able to get a good night's sleep. The lookout is a building carved from a mesa with a very tall lookout platform on top of a post next to it. They enter the building and are greeted by a Gerudo.

"I'm shocked," the Gerudo marveled. "Despite what the chief said, I wasn't expecting someone as . . . short as you two. But the chief must have her reasons for believing you can fight the Divine Beast. She's waiting for you at the top of the lookout post. Hurry up."

Before leaving, Link opens a nearby chest that has a golden bow in it and they leave. That is when Link decides to change clothing, saying that he wants Riju to see him for what he is, and that they are no longer in Gerudo Town. He tells Aloy to head on up first and she does so.

Once at the top, Riju is there staring out toward a massive sandstorm being kicked up by Naboris as it stomps around.

"Link'll be up soon," Aloy said. "He's just changing back into regular clothes."

"I see," Riju said. "It will be good to see what he really looks like."

They look out to the sandstorm and see the colossel shape that is Naboris.

"So how will the Thunder Helm help us get close to that thing since it's kicking up so much sand?" Aloy asked.

"I'll explain once Link is up here with us," Riju answered.

"Then it better be soon because the daylight is fading," Aloy said. "I've fought machines at night simply because of the lights they give off. But it's still a dangerous thing to do. Especially with something as big as that thing."

Link reaches the platform and is soon standing next to them. Riju stares at Link for a moment.

"Well then," Riju said. "That's what you really look like, huh . . ." Then chuckles. "With voe banned from town, it's not very common for me to see someone like you, Link . . . What a sight. Divine Beast Vah Naboris is pretty intimidating . . . If we want to get close enough to that thing, we'll need to use sand seals . . . Are you two ready?"

"Of course," Aloy said, with Link echoing.

"Feeling confident?" Riju mused. "Good. Let's get going, then! First, we'll use the sand seals to get in really close to that thing. I'll take the lead. I'm counting on the both of you to shoot at its feet with bomb arrows."

"Why it's feet?" Aloy asked.

"Naboris draws energy from the ground to keep moving. If you damage the feet, I think you can stop it. Those lightening strikes, though . . . Getting hit even once could prove fatal. The Thunder Helm can repel the lightening strikes, protecting me from harm. But it can also shield a limited area around me . . . You'll both have to stay close if you don't want to be shocked. And listen . . . if either of you are too injured to keep fighting, promise me you'll retreat here, to the lookout post. Don't do anything reckless under any circumstances. Here are some Gerudo bomb arrows. There aren't many, so be sure to put them to good use."

Riju hands them each ten bomb arrows and the duo put them into their arrow satchels.

"This is the last time I'll ask," Riju said. "Are you both ready?"

"Well, I'm ready," Aloy said. "What about you, Link?"

Link answers that he too is ready, and he is the first to descend the ladder. Followed by Aloy, then by Riju. Going down the ladder is trickier and it takes more time for them to reach the bottom, especially in Riju's case since she is now wearing the Thunder Helm and has to be careful not to get it caught on a rung; lest it fall off and strike Link on its way down-not so much Aloy though as her Shield Weaver will protect her.

Once at the bottom, they walk up to their sand seals.

"Could you give me a bit of room, just for a moment?" Riju asked.

"Sure," Aloy answered. "We need the time to fasten these harnesses to our waists if we are going to be launching arrows at that Divine Beast's feet."

As Aloy and Link busy themselves attaching the reins around their waist. Riju takes a step toward Naboris, then raises her hands along with her voice.

"My name is Riju, dscendant of the royal line and leader of the Gerudo people! With the power of the heirloom passed down in my family, I shall calm the Divine Beast Vah Naboris. Ancestors of the Gerudo! Answer my call! Aid me in this task!"

That is when flickering begins to appear around the Thunder Helm and a force field spreads out from Riju. It passes over Aloy and Link who are about twenty feet away as a feeling of a surface tension flows over them. They can see the faint glow of the forcefield in the twilight. Something that would not have been possible to see if it were still full daylight. Aloy and Link attach those reins to their respective waists. Riju turns to face Aloy and Link arms akimbo.

"Oh wow! I can feel their power coursing through me!" She then adjusts the helm. "Let's move!" Then turns around. "Lady Urbosa . . . Please grant Link, Aloy, and me your protection."

Riju takes a shield and stands upon it, then picks up the reins of her sand seal, Patricia, and attaches it around her waist. Aloy and and Link tense. Riju then mushes her sand seal into action and the duo are quick to follow, ever keen on staying close to Riju. They head into the sand storm, but the sand does not touch them as it instead is deflected, creating sparkles all over the field.

"The shield works pretty good, Riju!" Aloy called out to her.

"Yes, it will protect us from the lightening that Naboris will send our way," Riju called back. "Be sure to stay close to me! You too, Link!"

Millions of sparkles continue appearing all over the forcefield as they continue their travel ever toward Naboris. They pass stone columns along the way. Soon, the looming outline of the massive bestial machine can be seen through the sandstorm as it stomps around. Four faint glows can be seen moving in synchronization, making them feet.

They also see another glow as well. One forming at the top of the beast between its humps as an ever growing ball that then releases a lightening bolt. It falls down upon the trio, but is deflected by the force field that the Thunder Helm is emitting.

"Wow, I don't think my Shield Weaver could've stood up to that!" Aloy mused.

"Get ready to target its feet!" Riju called.

"That's gonna be difficult!" Aloy called.

As they draw ever closer, the Divine Beast finally looms over them out of the sand storm in all of its glory, perpetually moving around upon cup shaped feet that glow purple that makes a sound like thunder with each step it takes.

Due to the constant movement of the Divine Beast's feet, Aloy knows that she will need to use her war bow for this as it has the fastest reload and aim out of her three bows. Although it does have the downside of being useless for long distance, but long distance is also useless when dealing with perpetually moving targets as one needs to be close enough so that they can take the proper aim.

Using a bomb arrow, Aloy takes aim while being pulled along by her sand seal. A difficult thing to do when one is in motion along with their target. The trick to hitting a moving target is to aim at the spot that the target will be at the moment the projectile arrives there. Aloy releases the bomb arrow so that it flies through the air. It strikes one of the feet of Naboris and explodes, damaging the foot. Link follows through as he has a bomb arrow knocked from a Duplex bow. He releases the bomb arrow and it flies through the air and connects, but with another foot. Naboris powers up another lightening bolt, but the duo notice this as they find themselves drifting dangerously close to the edge of their protection and steer their sand seals closer to Riju and her own. Again, Naboris unleashes another lightening bolt that is deflected by the forcefield eminating from the Thunder Helm.

"This . . . is going to be a huge pain!" Aloy clamored as she readies another bomb arrow.

And so it goes as the trio race over the sand trying to stay in lock step with Naboris, all as Link and Aloy have to get in close enough to shoot their respective bomb arrows at the Divine Beast's ever moving feet. Their aims are not always true as there are moments when they miss their target.

The combined efforts of Aloy and Link cause the purple glow of the last foot to wink out. Riju stops her sand seal, causing Aloy and Link to do the same with their own. The trio watch Naboris make a groaning roar as it comes to a stop and slowly kneel. The trio get off their sand seals and Riju removes her Thunder Helm.

"Finally!" Aloy rasped with relief. "I thought I was gonna have to use my tearblast arrows next."

"Unfortunately, I cannot appease Naboris on my own," Riju said to the duo. "I have no choice but to entrust the rest to the both of you."

"Don't worry, Riju, we'll bring Naboris to our side," Aloy assured her, "just as we brought Ruta and Rudania to ours."

Link agrees and then tells Aloy to hurry, and the duo run up to Naboris's head where the entrance into the Divine Beast is as a ramp. Upon running up the ramp, they are momentarily forced to their bellies as Naboris rises with a groaning roar. They make it up the ramp onto a long narrow platform that passes underneath and between its now moving legs. A pedestal is there before them. Flecks of Malice and tendrils of black mist float through the air.

Link takes out the Sheikah Slate and touches it to the pedestal, lighting it up. A sensuous female voice is heard inside their heads.

WELL, WELL, WELL . . . YOU SURE DO KNOW HOW TO KEEP A WOMAN WAITING. WAS IT BECAUSE YOU WERE BUSY WITH THAT GIRL YOU PICKED UP ALONG THE WAY? AND A REDHEAD AT THAT! SO YOU HAVE A THING FOR REDHEADS, DO YOU BOY?

Aloy and Link blush while making a wry expression.

"Sounds like an Oseram," Aloy muttered.

I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU TWO TAKE NABORIS BACK FROM GANON! ONE THING AT A TIME.

Aloy and Link see in their mind's eye the interior of where they are to go first.

YOU'LL NEED A MAP TO FIND YOUR WAY AROUND. HEAD OVER TO THAT GUIDANCE STONE OVER THERE. SOUNDS EASY, RIGHT?

"Right," Aloy mused. "Well, Link, let's get started."

They walk down the platform past the massive moving legs, and past puddles and stalagmites of Malice. Up ahead is a small Guardian that turns out to be armed with an ancient spear. The duo take out their respective melee weapons and attack the Guardian, reducing it to parts. They round a ramp and head up it, only to find their way blocked by stalagmites of Malice. An eyestalk on their right is the culprit and Aloy stabs it, causing the Malice to vanish.

They enter the interior of the Divine Beast Vah Naboris. It is a massive cylinder with a green glowing line of electricity running before them all the way to the back and a much smaller cylindar along the way with a platform on top of it. Encircling its center and crossing over the green line is another green line that connects to a glass chamber in a metal frame that contains the green glow of electricity.

"It's back there we have to go," Aloy said. "Or more accurately, you."

They go to the back of Naboris where there is a large opening out onto a platform where a chest is suspended up and further away on a rope. Aloy stands at the threshold watching with bemusement and a slow shake of her head as Link walks up to it while taking out the Sheikah Slate and uses Magnesis on it to make it swing. He next uses Stasis as it swings toward him and takes out the Duplex bow and shoots an arrow at the rope, causing the bow to shatter, then stands aside. The chest unfreezes and flies onto the platform for Link to open and discover an ancient core.

"And now for that Guidance Stone," Aloy quipped.

They walk up a hull rib that also serves as a ramp. At the top, they look right to see the room that contains the Guidance Stone, where Link enters and gets the map. The voice of Urbosa is heard once again.

GOOD WORK GETTING THE MAP OF THE DIVINE BEAST! THE TERMINALS THAT CONTROL NABORIS ARE NOTED BY A SERIES OF GLOWING POINTS ON YOUR MAP. TAKE NABORIS BACK BY ACTIVATING ALL OF THE TERMINALS. YOU'RE BOTH READY FOR THIS.

They leave and Aloy directs Link's attention to a Sheikah Terminal upside down at the front of Naboris from where they had entered.

"Let me guess," Aloy said. "That can be turned around somehow."

Link shows her on the Sheikah Slate the map of Naboris, along with their position and the location of the Sheikah Terminals. He points out three sections of the interior hull and then fiddles with a control that makes the back section light up and an arrow appear to go around it. At the push of a button, a groaning roar is heard and the back of the interior section of the hull slowly rotates around, bringing the Sheikah Terminal halfway upright. Link puts the Sheikah Slate away and jumps off to glide over with his paraglider, and Aloy follows after. Once there, Link makes Naboris turn the rest of the way so that the duo are now standing upon the U-shaped gangway with Malice covering the bend, which has a mouth in it and an eyestalk hanging underneath it.

"I got this," Aloy said as she takes out her hunter bow and an arrow. She takes aim at the eyestalk and releases, hitting the eyestalk and clearing Link's path.

Link thanks her and walks around the bend to the Sheikah Terminal and activates it. The voice of Urbosa is again heard.

THERE ARE FOUR TERMINALS REMAINING! I'M COUNTING ON YOU!

Link looks at the platform they are standing up, at which Aloy is keen to notice.

"You really want those chests, don't you?" Aloy asked sarcastically.

Link gives an innocent shrug, then gets Naboris to turn its middle section so that he can get to one of the chests. He opens it and jumps down then gets Naboris to turn its middle section around so that he can get up there to the other chest. Aloy watches with increasing irritation as Link repositions that section so that he is able to get up there and get that other chest. He finally rejoins her.

"What was in them?" Aloy sighed with irritation as she crosses her arms.

He tells her a knight's bow and an ancient shaft.

Aloy groans a sigh as she throws her arms up. "Okay, Link, that's it! I tried being patient with your little quirk, and I'll admit that at first I found it amusing, but now it's just irritating and it has got to stop . . . ! You just cannot keep going out of your way to get absolutely every treasure chest you happen to see just because you think it might have something important in it . . . ! For one thing, you can only carry a limited number of weapons, and I bet you're about to reach your limit with the other things as well . . . Your mission is to take back the Divine Beasts from Ganon, not go on a treasure hunt. So you are going to have to decide which is more important: freeing the Divine Beasts so we can defeat the Calamity Ganon and rescue Princess Zelda, or going on a treasure hunt. And I sincerely doubt I was pulled over here to help you find treasure."

Link stares silently at Aloy. He sighs as he closes his eyes and hangs his head in shame, then tells her in a meek tone that she is right. He admits that he was too focused on getting the chests as he next confides in her that maybe it is because he wants to delay taking on the Calamity Ganon for as long as he can. That he is scared. And that while he doesn't remember having fought the Calamity Ganon those one hundred years ago, he can still feel the fear of having to fight it. A fear not born of getting killed exactly, but a fear of failing.

Aloy's curtness softens and she clasps Link's shoulder.

"I'm sorry, Link," she cooed. "For me, it's the other way around. I want the Calamity Ganon defeated as quickly as possible that so I can be returned to my world." Then releases his shoulder. "It's ironic really. I was raised an outcast . . . Nobody wanted me and they didn't matter to me. The only person who did want me and ultimately mattered to me was killed. Then when I went on that adventure to find answers, and I ended up making friends along the way. Now, I want to see them again."

Aloy and Link hug it out, causing Aloy to feel a warmth in her heart and in her cheeks. They release and Link takes out the Sheikah Slate to study the map of Naboris. He points out the other Sheikah Terminal that is at its front and looks to see that it is within a large booth. He gets Naboris to move the front part of its hull so that the room is up near the ceiling. The duo run up toward the next Sheikah Terminal. Along the way, Link says in an offhanded tone that he will only go after chests that he can casually walk up to, prompting a chuckle from Aloy.