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Try milk instead of water, next time. Better at chasing away spicy. Tried and tested, so you don't have to.

[ also, now, it's only fair she returns the same ]

What about you? What's the Princess of Hyrule's catch phrase?

That's right. Water really just moves the feeling around, doesn't it?
Thank you for your brave and noble curry-testing efforts.

[ Darn. She'd expected the returned question, but has no good answer... ]

I'm not sure... I don't really feel as though I have something like that.

[ Can you have a catchphrase and...not be aware of it...? ]

Curry isn't so bad. But fire fruit is

[ link chews on his cheek as he ponders the right word ]

like getting stabbed in the tongue.

[ good enough. he's not so good at finding the perfect explanations to things. did he used to be...? ]

Can a name be a catch phrase? You say my name a lot.

Oh. That sounds...unpleasant, but also as if it lives up to its name.
Is there anything you can use in its place for the elixir?

[ That - oh.

Maybe her ears get a little pink with that message. ]

I don't know, but I also don't think there are any rules for this.
I do say it a lot, don't I?

[ Not, y'know. Too much? Hopefully? ]

Summerwing butterfly or warm darner for elixirs.
Shock fruit is shockingly tasty, though.

[ eh? EEEEH? anyway ]

Yeah. More than anything else.

[ ... ]

I like it.

That you say it a lot.

I think that I would rather brave the pepper than eat the butterfly.
Does...shock fruit hurt your mouth at all? [ It sounds like it would.

"More than anything else?" Does she really say his name that much? (And he'd noticed?) ... ]

I hope you would tell me if you didn't.
[ unlikely ]
I suppose I have a lot of reason to say it so often.

What about the darner?
Nah. I've had worse shocks. Shock fruit just tingly.

[ thunder strikes when he couldn't scramble to put away a metal weapon fast enough.

but yeah. unlikely, zelda. more accurately: impossible to dislike ]

You do? Why?

I'd still choose the pepper.
Have you eaten both insects before?

[ She's. Pretty sure the answer is yes, but... ]

"Tingly" like acidic? Or, more like mint?

[ tell her more about the tingle ]

"Why?"
Well, we spend a lot of time together. I often have need to call out to you.

[ For reasons spanning the mundane, the dire, and everything in between. And...a lot of the time, she calls his name to get his attention, and he'll turn to her with those bright, blue eyes, attention completely on her.

It's...nice. Speaking his name, meeting his gaze. ]

Only the darner in an elixir. I can't eat butterflies.

[ she was right!! ]

Tingly like it tickled my tongue a little bit.

[ does she also want to see his tingle outfit

and it's funny. once, she refused to say his name at all. that's something he remembers. always "him" or "hero" even when she thought he couldn't hear her. this is better. much better. call his name all you like, zelda. ]

When I'm right next to you?

[ so long as she can take a little teasing. just a little. ]

[ Why does she feel, with some evidence, that he's going around sampling most of Hyrule's wildlife? ]

That makes me think of pineapple.
Did you know that pineapple has a combination of enzymes that essentially break down the proteins in your mouth as you eat it, which is why it can almost hurt if you have too much?

[ the MORE you KNOW...! ]

Yes: when you're right next to me, too.
Now if only I could convince you to use my name more often.

[ a link sense. he doesn't do it anymore. maybe at first he did. when he was fresh out of the amnesia tub and didn't, couldn't know any better. ]

I had no idea.

[ goddess, he loves it when she nerds out. in text, he plays it cool. but link is gazing at his phone like some lovesick puppy as she imparts pineapple fun facts ]

I'm pretty sure you could convince me.

I wonder if shock fruit has something similar, and that's what causes the sensation...

[ Hmm... She needs to find a sample. ]

Do I have to convince? Could I just ask?

How would you find that out?

[ /enables her gently ]

You have asked.

[ give it

a bit ]

Oh.

[ ldskgjls ]

Sorry.

Well, by tasting one.
Do you have any stored in the house, by chance?

[ Oh, he doesn't have to work that hard to enable her, not while she's thinking up experiments... ]

It's all right.
I understand if you wouldn't be comfortable.

[ Though, if Link of all people doesn't feel he can use her name, then...well, there aren't many who are that familiar. That close. ]

It would spoil too quickly. I have some in my bag, though. For a zappy snack.

A znack.

[ the magic bag where nothing spoils ever ]

No.

[ IMMEDIATELY. texts that. so she knows that's not the reason and she doesn't have a chance for an inkling towards it. he needs to think about the rest a bit more. ]

I'm not uncomfortable.
I'm your knight. You're my princess.

I've always wondered how you manage to keep things fresh in there...is it enchanted?

[ "Znack" makes her laugh, and she just shakes her head, smiling, unseen. ]

But that isn't all, is it? Link?

[ They're friends, at least, if nothing else...but, also, it's-...well. Complicated. ]

I think so. I don't remember how it's enchanted though.

[ ... it's not all. he spends an inordinate amount of time pushing the two letters for his reply. ]

No.

[ sweating and blushing as he stares at their chat log and at a reply that looks so small for the blazing torch of his feelings. how can he put into words everything she is to him? the sun and the moon. the grass beneath his feet, the breeze in his hair. every tree, every rock. a field of wildflowers and a small cottage home. ]

I don't know how to put it into words.

Well, you certainly need it. Though I don’t doubt you could find a way to carry everything otherwise.

[ Again, it’s unseen, but she smiles. And she knows. ]

You don’t have to.
Just “Zelda” is enough.

[ does he smell a challenge?! ]

Maybe I could make a giant bucket and carry it that way.

[ hm. yeah, he can't resist. besides, he's feeling... a certain way and a distraction is sorely needed. good thing THAT'S easily done. ]

Okay, Just Zelda.

What if it rains?

[ You know? Fair enough. ]

Hmm. I should have expected that.

[ only zelda would think this far ahead. why didn't he think about rain? it always rains. ]

Giant bucket lid?

[ he's just messing with her. she knows that, right? ]

"Zel"? "Z"? "Zelly"? "Zeze"?

That might work.

[ Going from "Princess" to "Zelly" is mental whiplash, even if she does know he's teasing. She chuckles, blinking incredulously at the screen. ]

Even if I chose one of those, I could never imagine you being able to call me "Zeze" with a straight face.

[ ...Maybe "Zel" is fine, actually. But one step at a time. ]

A wind tunnel to blow away all the water before it touches the bucket?

[ look at all the things he's made ]

Imagine, Zeze.

I do wonder at what point the complexity and weight of the device has diminishing returns on protecting what's in the pack, but...yes.

[ pbfft ]

I still can't imagine it.
You'll have to repeat it later, in person.

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LMFALKJDGKLD it's true!!!!

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