when your fluffy heart is ready

"You really think they're just going to wait for you?"

It's a little mean-spirited; Link's shoulders set sideways in a nonverbal "Huh?"

Mentally, Midna rephrases: "They're not just going to wait for you, you know."

Kinder. Gentler. Even though the point is that those aren't coming.

There's no room to stand by and let the village kids drift on to adulthood while he's off saving the world. Not the end of it if he's not part of their lives anymore, but they were his living anchor, socially.

She can't tell if he's ready for that kind of lonesome sojourn yet.