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THERE IT IS SHE DID IT

[adurable]

[ if she can imagine his short, puff of laughter ]

A seed?

HEH

[wisdomspring]

Yes.
Well, the Korok vanished. The seed didn't.

[adurable]

Princess.

The seed is poop.

1/?

[wisdomspring]

2/?

[wisdomspring]

3/4

[wisdomspring]

4/4

[wisdomspring]

But, surely it isn't feces in the traditional sense.
After all, the Koroks are...well, forest spirits. I doubt they have a digestive tract in the same way that most creatures do.
Unless we know even less about them than I thought...
If so, they must eat, or otherwise, somehow, convert something more non-traditional into energy.
Did they refer to it as "poop," or are you making assumptions based on what you've learned spending so much time with them?
Will you teach me?

[adurable]

[ link, thinking about the hestu "seed" in his bag from collecting 900 "seeds" and the shape of it

you sweet summer child, zelda. you nerd, zelda. for each new message that pops in, link's thoughts turn to: maybe he should have saved the reveal when he could listen to her rambling and working her way through logic. it's his favorite.

the koroks didn't say it was anything. they only said "give this to hestu!" and link ASSUMED it was a seed because yes. koroks are forest spirits. why would they poop? it's a golden seed. however, one day, link was going through his things and came up with the bright idea to ]

It smells funny.

[ to sniff the seed. ]

Teach you about the Koroks?

[wisdomspring]

Was that the only reason?
It does smell, you're right, but there are a lot of things in nature that are said to have a similarly unpleasant odor.
It could be that Korok seeds are somehow sulfuric.
I imagine you might find a similar experience around the peak of Death Mountain.

[ Not that she's ever climbed high enough to study some of that volcanic rock. Oh, but she wants to, now. ]

[adurable]

[ link, THINKING ABOUT THE HESTU "SEED" IN HIS BAG AGAIN ]

No.

[ not the only reason ]

Hestu gave me one too as a reward for finding all the Koroks. I'll show you.

I didn't want to.

[wisdomspring]

If you're confident that's what it is, then I believe you, of course.
It's just so strange.

[ ... ]

And: if that's what it is, why give it to you?
Do they find it funny? That seems possible, since they like these little games so much.

[adurable]

[ he takes longer than usual to write a reply because... it's a bit long,for him, ]

Not the strangest thing, Princess.
They don't normally talk to people. We're the only two that can see them since maybe forever. What's commonplace for them is different from what you and I are used to. I don't think they realize what they're doing is odd outside of the Great Forest. Hestu uses them for his maracas, and it's his prize when he wins Hide and Seek. That's their game.

Since we've found them, it's the same prize as what they give Hestu.

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[ It IS a long message, for him. So she reads it thoughtfully, imagining his solitary, joyful experience in having found so, so many hidden Koroks.

Unseen, she smiles. ]

I'm grateful to be able to see them.
I don't expect them to be like us. I just have so much to learn.

What is Hestu like?

[adurable]

[ time for a trip back to the great forest ]

Big. Has a catchphrase. Shalaka!

He loves to dance. I have some seeds to give him, so you two can dance together when he puts them in his maracas.

[wisdomspring]

He dances and has a catchphrase...which is also for when you give him a seed, I assume.

[ Oh. Oh, no. This sounds so cute. ]

I would love that.
He doesn't leave the Great Forest as the others do?

[adurable]

Whenever he wants. He does it when I stop by to say hi, too.

[ but also, yes ]

He leaves. I first found him at a stable. They all prefer the forest, though. It's safe there.

[wisdomspring]

I'm sure it's exciting, considering you've been the only one to see them.

[ The Great Forest is perhaps the safest place she can think of. There's a reason the Master Sword slumbers there, heals there. ]

Of course.
It's a very beautiful place, and peaceful.

[adurable]

Yeah.

[ exciting, yeah. a beautiful place, yeah. ]

I'd live there, too. Pepp always has a bed ready and Oaki has decorated a nice place in the Deku Tree's mouth.

[ :) ]

[wisdomspring]

[ ……… ]

In…the Deku Tree’s Mouth?

[adurable]

In his mouth.

[ ... ah ]

It sounds worse than it is.

[wisdomspring]

It doesn't sound bad: only surprising.
Is it...cozy?

[adurable]

[ this just further convinces link they need to go on a trip

a long trip. everywhere ]

Pretty cozy.

There's a bed with a blanket made of leaf. Silent Princess and Nightshade are all over. Two Brightbloom seeds light up the area.

Oaki gave me some fabric. I want to lay it down as a rug in there. It was his idea, but he gave it to me as thanks for bringing him the flowers.

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[ He'll hear no complaints from her. In fact, she'd be more than excited to travel across all of Hyrule with him, and to hear all of his stories.

His long, detailed message makes her smile again, both because of the scene he's describing, and the length of it, which makes her think, surely, this is a place he feels strongly about. ]

That sounds wonderful. I hope I can see it someday.

[ A bed of leaves surrounded by flowers? It makes her heart swell to imagine. ]

The Deku Tree doesn't mind?

[adurable]

You will. I'll take you. Anywhere you want to go.

[ a message he hopes she knows he feels as strongly about ]

He naps most of the time. He doesn't mind much.

There's a store inside of him, too. Daz runs it, but Natie has mushrooms.

[wisdomspring]

I want to see it all.
What are some of your favorite places?
Besides the one we're speaking of, I mean.

[ It's somehow so odd and funny to imagine Link snoozing away inside the mouth of the snoozing Deku Tree, and so she laughs in picturing it. Odd, funny, and very endearing. ]

A store? Just for your benefit, or do the Koroks have an economy of their own in the forest?