[ It's uncanny how much Anon's words sound like things Link has said, has felt. "Painful and empty" are among the emotions that would pervade his dreams of home, and even now, remembering how that felt makes her heart ache. ]
It will be difficult; I will not lie to you and claim otherwise. Each day will be a struggle simply to get out of bed, and there will be days where you will not even be able to manage that much. But as long as you continue to draw breath, as long as you are willing to keep living-- to learn to live, after so long spent simply surviving-- then you will be fulfilling her wish.
[ As Zelda ruminates on Anon's words, she realizes something that she hadn't before: a fixation on the future and this woman's eventual death, when it seems like they are currently both alive together here in Songerein. Didn't the princess have that exact same problem when she first returned? Wasn't it Link who told her to stop focusing on the future and just enjoy the time the two of them had together? Even though he's gone now, Zelda wouldn't have done anything differently. In fact, if she hadn't lived for the present with Link, she would be regretting it now in his absence. ]
If she is here with you now, then allow me to share one piece of advice I once lived by: set aside your thoughts of the future and focus on the time you have with her now. Allow yourselves this respite from the battles in your past and the parting in your future. Simply be.
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It will be difficult; I will not lie to you and claim otherwise. Each day will be a struggle simply to get out of bed, and there will be days where you will not even be able to manage that much. But as long as you continue to draw breath, as long as you are willing to keep living-- to learn to live, after so long spent simply surviving-- then you will be fulfilling her wish.
[ As Zelda ruminates on Anon's words, she realizes something that she hadn't before: a fixation on the future and this woman's eventual death, when it seems like they are currently both alive together here in Songerein. Didn't the princess have that exact same problem when she first returned? Wasn't it Link who told her to stop focusing on the future and just enjoy the time the two of them had together? Even though he's gone now, Zelda wouldn't have done anything differently. In fact, if she hadn't lived for the present with Link, she would be regretting it now in his absence. ]
If she is here with you now, then allow me to share one piece of advice I once lived by: set aside your thoughts of the future and focus on the time you have with her now. Allow yourselves this respite from the battles in your past and the parting in your future. Simply be.