Zelda sat at the table with Link, unsurprised as he launched into questions. She and Lucien had given him a wide berth at Zora City, wanting him to have plenty of time to rest and heal. Mipha had confided to them that, while most of his injuries were internal, they were extensive, which was why his healing took so long. She had laughingly said that after this spat, she should be able to heal anything on him in no time, since she now knew intimately how his body worked.<br/><br/>The Hylian Princess looked at him directly, meeting his blue eyes, as she had been taught to do since childhood. "There have been rumors for quite some time of you. A young Hylian, battling monsters and rallying villagers to defend themselves. Always where we are missing troops, or the guard arrives just as you leave. Always finding nothing more than the stories of the villagers or travelers thankful for your aid."<br/><br/>She smiled, taking a moment to glance down at her hands, neatly folded on the rough wooden table before her. "Being a princess, there are many duties that I am required to attend to. But there are times when I am of little use. We have been working on excavating the ancient guardians, but I am of little use until they are more fully revealed. Then, the rumors about you began to include a sword. A sword that no one had ever seen before. And I wondered, finally deciding to see if perhaps I could find you myself.<br/><br/>"Much like those we had sent to find you previously, we always seemed to arrive after you left. But as the weeks went by, the amount of time between our arrival and your leaving dwindled." Finally, she shrugged. "While it certainly is not preferred that you hurt yourself so badly, it was providential for us to find you.<br/><br/>"There are several things we need to do at Kakariko Village. I would like a status on the excavations, which I am certain Impa will know of. I would also like her to study your sword and confirm that it is what I believe to be the Sword that Seals the Darkness." There. She had told him. Now he knew. And shouldn't he, as the wielder of it? She felt herself almost holding her breath, to see his reaction to her revelation.