[ No formalities, then? Link wonders what he might have done to deserve that, being the kind of guy to default to formalities in the first place, even if he didn't know that this guy has rank over him. But, after considering it for a moment, he gives him a slight nod. Just "Mamoru," then. ]

Yes... I'm new. One of the most recent new Shard-Bearers.

[ So, he's barely been here two weeks. Didn't take him very long to accept the Meridian, as his presence here suggests.

As they talk, he starts to scrape leftover food scraps off the collected plates and into the fire. ]

Everything has been... busy, so far. [ The word "busy" doing a lot of heavy lifting here. ] Have you been in this world for long?