[ Normally, hearing Link say her name makes Zelda's stomach flutter, even though it's been years since she asked him to and he agreed. To hear her given name roll off his tongue feels so intimate, like it itself is a profession of love. Perhaps it always has been and neither of them noticed before now.
But this time, it makes her stomach sour, settling in her gut like a stone. ]
What is it?
[ Her words come out small and hesitant, in a voice that says she knows that he's about to tell her something she does not want to hear.
(He is the one person in the world, in any world, that she would lay down everything for. That she would die for.
But it's easy to die for someone. It's so much harder to live for them after they're gone.) ]
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But this time, it makes her stomach sour, settling in her gut like a stone. ]
What is it?
[ Her words come out small and hesitant, in a voice that says she knows that he's about to tell her something she does not want to hear.
(He is the one person in the world, in any world, that she would lay down everything for. That she would die for.
But it's easy to die for someone. It's so much harder to live for them after they're gone.) ]