Link doesn't even notice the brief pause or the danger that could have caused it. He's murmuring Walk on Water to himself again, and then very carefully, testing the surface of Yima's Tears with one foot. It pushes down on the liquid but does not submerge; it feels like stepping on loamy, wet soil. ]
I see.
It mustn't have been too upsetting to learn that your world is gone, then... if it was already pretty much destroyed anyway.
[ But although Link says that... it should be true for Hyrule, too. When he first came to Kenos, the remaining Hylians were only barely surviving. The other races of Hyrule had essentially forgotten about the old kingdom and were operating independently. So many countless thousands had died, and even after a hundred years, the population still hadn't recovered. And although they'd start to recover after Calamity Ganon is defeated, based on what he saw in the Timestream... what hope did it have without the Princess? And what hope would it have now, with the Master Sword lost forever? ]
...My world wasn't that empty, but it was struggling, too. All because we weren't able to save it when we needed to the most. It's a long story... but I think, because I was trying to save it for so long, it was still hard for me to let it go.
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Link doesn't even notice the brief pause or the danger that could have caused it. He's murmuring Walk on Water to himself again, and then very carefully, testing the surface of Yima's Tears with one foot. It pushes down on the liquid but does not submerge; it feels like stepping on loamy, wet soil. ]
I see.
It mustn't have been too upsetting to learn that your world is gone, then... if it was already pretty much destroyed anyway.
[ But although Link says that... it should be true for Hyrule, too. When he first came to Kenos, the remaining Hylians were only barely surviving. The other races of Hyrule had essentially forgotten about the old kingdom and were operating independently. So many countless thousands had died, and even after a hundred years, the population still hadn't recovered. And although they'd start to recover after Calamity Ganon is defeated, based on what he saw in the Timestream... what hope did it have without the Princess? And what hope would it have now, with the Master Sword lost forever? ]
...My world wasn't that empty, but it was struggling, too. All because we weren't able to save it when we needed to the most. It's a long story... but I think, because I was trying to save it for so long, it was still hard for me to let it go.