Ganon is overdressed.<br/>He realizes this quickly, long before reaching the castle, but it's not that he feels ashamed of himself. Why should he be? He is only giving the occasion the deference it demands -- anyone going to anyone else's home to ask for their hand should dress similarly, because a marriage is always a momentous thing. His hosts, though, find him amusing in a hostile sort of way -- it's obvious -- and it's this that offends him. He doesn't understand it, though he has the sense to keep his face neutral and his reactions under control. Power maintained by aggression is not true power.<br/><br/>Towards a conquering monarch it might be understandable to show more teeth, but he is not a conqueror; he has defended his own home from them, not the other way around. And what is a free son of the valley supposed to know about Hylian court dress?<br/>Besides that, he is grown, halfway to his third decade, a recognized religious authority; even had he not been 'he', of the tribe that had historically been the only one to birth Gerudo kings, he still thinks he would have been more worthy of deference than of this... leering. So be it, though -- they might bare their teeth at tunics, robes and shawls here, but in the desert the sun and wind bleach their skulls. Being prickly costs more in harsher places.<br/><br/>Come to think of it, actually, Ganon comforts himself with a thought. Strained diplomatic visits, badly hidden hostility and vague attempts to conceal mirth are a slightly better alternative to outright refusal of the treaty's terms, and this whole debacle could have been vastly worse.<br/><br/>By the time he's reached the gate and been shown to the throne room, the vague discomfort with being scrutinized and disapproved of by the locals has been replaced with an analytical confidence.<br/><br/>The place has seen better days. So have the courtiers closest to the royal family; in all these dark looks and somewhat uncultured stares at the length of his hair (there is no distinction of hairstyle between men and women, and Ganon's compromise for local sensibilities is wearing it in a topknot with the long strands on the sides of his head hanging down) he can see discomfort and fear of the unknown. The edge is his, despite the land being theirs; the two guards he's brought with him probably only help.<br/><br/>"I assume you are Zelda."<br/>He nods, but doesn't bow.<br/>The courtiers twitter among themselves. Let them.