A trip from the shores of New Hyrule to Outset Island, for the ordinary sailor this voyage would be beyond daunting, yet a small red boat pulled up on the island carry two travelers who had done just that.
"Home sweet home!" Link couldn't even try to wait for Tetra before dashing off into his old village.
"Yes, it is," Tetra stuck to her own pace as she watched him hurry to his childhood house.
The journey that would push most ships to their limit was a simple matter for the Waker of Winds. His now effortless command of gales and cyclones could turn a trip of weeks into mere hours and months into a few days. It was only an inability to relocate where Tetra's ship still sailed on the open ocean than prevented them from making such a trip sooner, but here they were at last, with their new land precisely located and ready to invite those from the Great Sea to settle down on it. Naturally, Link's family took top priority as Tetra uneasily waved to the locals with whom she was still only vaguely familiar. Within minutes, she spotted Link leading his beloved grandmother and sister out of her home by the hand to spend some overdue time together outdoors. Rather than follow along, Tetra placed her focus on the house they left behind.
"Come to think of it, I never actually went inside this place," the pirate respectfully open the decorative wooden door.
As elated as Link was to come back to his home after being away for so many years, Tetra felt nostalgic to be sailing these seas once again even without a particular island to call her home. Even as she plotted more adventurous activities for later, she enjoyed the chance to take in the atmosphere of the house to give her hero the quality time he deserved with his family. Tetra sincerely admired the quaint choice of decor and bevy of family pictographs, including some he had taken on his travels and sent back to them. Seeing some of them be ones that included her gave her a sense of being part of Link's family she never quite realized how much she longed for. So much so that her head felt heavy as the comforting atmosphere enveloped her.
"Maybe just a quick nap," she allowed her consciousness to fade spread out on the sofa.
She found her dreams filled with memories of her own family. Nothing she found particularly good or bad, but recollections of just how high the hopes that had been placed on her since childhood. While normally such images would bring her some regret and discomfort, a certain aroma pervaded her mind all throughout the visions until eventually pulling her back to reality.
"Man, this house really does smell like soup," Tetra's eyes flickered open, unaware of how long she had been out, "Sure explains a lot about how Link grew up."
"Hello, Miss Tetra," she suddenly found her would-be sister greeting her through the door, "Glad to see you're awake."
"Hey, Aryll," Tetra groggily welcomed her to the chair next to the couch she was on, "There's no need to be so formal."
"Oh, okay then, Tetra," Aryll relaxed herself, "We actually came back to find you asleep about an hour ago."
"Is that so?"
"Grandma insisted to my brother that you needed the rest, so he instead went off with her to do the errands we aren't strong enough to on our own."
"He really hasn't changed at all," Tetra smirked.
"No, he hasn't. We could tell anyway from the letters he wrote," the younger sister fawned.
"Did he tell you what has changed?" she inquired.
"Yeah, he wants us to move into the seaside village you two are constructing on a new continent somewhere far away?"
"You interested in coming?"
"To be honest, it seems like quite the change for Grandma at her age, but we so badly want to live as a single family again."
"I'm sorry to have taken him and run off on you," Tetra apologized.
"No, we want him to be where he's needed most, to do the good he can for the world. It's why I admired him so much when he looked out for me after our parents died. I'm stronger than I used to be, but I want him to be able to be that special protector for someone else."
"He already is for me in a lot of ways," the pirate admitted.
"You were both fighting for me back then. I respect you a lot too, Tetra."
"Thanks, I would hope you have faith in my leadership going forward."
"I will, definitely," Aryll accepted.
The two shared a quick hug over their renewed bond, but as the small talk dragged on, Aryll's mind appeared to repeatedly snag on a certain point she seemed to keep veering away from, twiddling her thumbs in her lap each time.
"Is there something else you're hoping to get from me, Aryll?" Tetra asked, "I want you to feel like you can be open with me.
"Well, I kind of have something but it's hard to figure out who it's best to go to for help."
"Surely you don't think you can say that and not tell me what it is."
"Truthfully, I'm worried that just telling the wrong person could go wrong."
"What is there that's too much for a future queen?"
"Nothing, but it's..." Aryll continued to hesitate as Tetra playfully nudged her to wear down her guard.
"Come on, tell meeee," she whined playfully.
"Please don't tell anyone I asked you this."
"I won't. Princess's honor."
"Alriiiiiight then, Sooooo..." she began with a drawn-out introduction, "While we were first out. I asked my brother to tell me a gift he could use after being away for so long, and he suggested some new shorts to go swimming in."
"Okay, seems cheap and reasonable."
"Actually, I intend to make them myself like Grandma would make our clothes all those years ago."
"That's very admirable of you, but what would you need from me in this?"
"Well... I was using the clothes he brought along for the trip as a reference for the measurements and..." her cheeks gained a tinge of pink, "Something didn't seem right?"
"What? Even while traveling we keep our clothes properly laundered."
"Yes, I can see that but what I can also see is..." her words became increasingly uneasy, "The crotch areas on everything he's got seem abnormally well used."
"Well used?" Tetra paid closer attention.
"You know... worn out, stretched... as if.. he needs more space down there..."
"Space for what?" the pirate cocked a devious eyebrow
"Um... his penis obviously..." Aryll lowered her voice to a mutter
"And why are you asking me about this?" Tetra stretched out her arms on the backrest.