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He's back in the city after only a week away, and all Link wants to do is go back out into the wilderness. It's summer, mountain climbing season, and here he is, stuck in town.

He dismounts his bike outside the coffee shop Zelda told him to meet her at. It's trendy, hip, and thoroughly not his style. Not that he's a fan of expensive coffee anyways.

Also, he's not entirely sure he’s going to fit in. He’s wearing a ratty old t-shirt, cargo shorts, and climbing shoes. He’s also dusty and chalky and sweaty.

He takes a second to lock up his bike - it's an old fixie, but it’s served him well and he’d hate to see it stolen.

That done, he hesitates, not sure if he’s at all ready to go in. He could just wait out here for her, but he’d never hear the end of her teasing if he was waiting outside.

Patting his dirty hands on his dirty shorts, he headed for the door and let himself in.

And it was deserted inside. There was a barista at the counter. A zora girl, red… skin? hide? No, gorons had hide, right? It was all rocky and hard, that had to be a hide?

He was so absorbed in staring at the zora girl only half in focus, that if she said anything to him, he didn’t even hear it. “Waiting for somebody,” he mumbled instead, heading for a table near the door to wait for Zelda.
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The Champions are alive. Their souls freed from the Divine Beasts, their bodies from the Calamity. Link's injured, bleeding freely from a gouge along his ribs - and several of those are broken besides, but he's still on his feet, sword in his hand still alight with energy. He looks them over: Revali, Urbossa, Zelda, Daruk... Mipha.

He's exhausted. Even with their help, Ganon had not gone down easy. It had been hours of fighting and then so long on horseback with broken ribs, every draw of the Bow of Light excruciating. He's exhausted physically, and mentally, and he's not sure what's keeping him on his feet. Maybe just the stubborn refusal to collapse.

He's shed his helmet already, and he wants to sheathe his sword, but just the idea of lifting his arm makes him more tired - his arm feels like lead, he might have broken his arm as well...

Link smiles weakly. His voice is gone - dry and hoarse, so instead he just smiles and bobs his head. He's glad they're alright, he's glad Ganon is gone, but if they'll excuse him, he needs to sit down. Or maybe collapse.

His legs start to go, and it's Daruk who gets to him first, lowering him gently to the thick grass, trampled and scorched and muddy. "Easy, buddy," he says, bracing Link semi-upright.

"Are you alright, Link?" That's Zelda, hurrying to him. He's glad to see she's unhurt after her ordeal. Her dress is clean, though her sandals and feet are muddied. He nods, though he really definitely isn't alright. But he's alive, and they're alive, and Ganon is dead - or at least gone.

He looks up, past Daruk and Zelda, to Mipha. She's fine as well. He finally takes his hand off the hilt of his sword and signs - his arms are jelly, but they're stronger than his voice, "I'm really tired." He sags against Daruk. The Goron is warm even if he's a bit too hard to be comfortable to lean against. His hands fall into his lap and he blinks tiredly. He's not sure even Mipha - if she's even strong enough yet - will be able to heal all this, but he doesn't care. He has time to recover.

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