[ Maybe Link shouldn't be surprised to hear her say that, but he is. Actually, he's stunned. He looks back up at her slowly, brows furrowed, squinting with confusion as he listens. The look on his face is that of someone being told unexpected and inconvenient news, something that is true at the same time that it doesn't make sense, completely going against an assumption he had believed was not an assumption at all. ]

You — you don't think it can be restored?

[ This feels like it completely upends their entire previous conversation. How can she assure him with so much confidence that his world can be saved because her world had been saved, only to leave a detail like that out until the end? What is he supposed to make of her story, if that's true? What is he supposed to make of her?

His brain is so filled with questions that he doesn't even hear the point she's trying to make. ]

Why — but, why? Isn't that the point of siding with the Meridian? I don't... I don't understand? What is it that you think you're going to be returning to, then?

[ The promise of your allies...? What does that even mean? ]