Link was so grateful that Shadow and Leia were both there. They both seemed to understand where he was coming from. That alone lessened his frustration with trying to convey his own feelings.
"Like Leia said, I don't need perfect. I don't even need you to fix my problems. They're kinda huge, and I don't expect anyone can actually fix them. Just having you listen is good enough. But, maybe...maybe not fall apart unless someone is actually dead? That...that would be nice too."
He took a breath and nodded again at what Shadow had said. "Don't you understand how much that meant to me? That you were the first and only one to see a kid with a sword and offer him a home? Out of three different worlds I'd been in? That told me you were someone special and worth the risk of letting in."
Link fidgeted with the paper and pen in his hands, glancing down at them as he continued. "I've lost a lot of people, Clef. I can't even remember my birth parents. The Great Deku Tree was my last dad and he died horribly. Navi left me and I'm starting to think I'll never see her again. People I love end up either dying gruesomely or leaving me or they send me away. Accepting your offer of adoption was a huge thing for me. It still is."
He set the paper and pen down and put his hands in his lap, still staring at the items. "It hurts that you think I'm doing this for some weird heroic reason. That you think I'm being some kind of martyr right now. I'm doing this because I care about you and I wanna make things better between us. And...yes, it kind of does take an ego on my end to see that you think I'm a good son."
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"Like Leia said, I don't need perfect. I don't even need you to fix my problems. They're kinda huge, and I don't expect anyone can actually fix them. Just having you listen is good enough. But, maybe...maybe not fall apart unless someone is actually dead? That...that would be nice too."
He took a breath and nodded again at what Shadow had said. "Don't you understand how much that meant to me? That you were the first and only one to see a kid with a sword and offer him a home? Out of three different worlds I'd been in? That told me you were someone special and worth the risk of letting in."
Link fidgeted with the paper and pen in his hands, glancing down at them as he continued. "I've lost a lot of people, Clef. I can't even remember my birth parents. The Great Deku Tree was my last dad and he died horribly. Navi left me and I'm starting to think I'll never see her again. People I love end up either dying gruesomely or leaving me or they send me away. Accepting your offer of adoption was a huge thing for me. It still is."
He set the paper and pen down and put his hands in his lap, still staring at the items. "It hurts that you think I'm doing this for some weird heroic reason. That you think I'm being some kind of martyr right now. I'm doing this because I care about you and I wanna make things better between us. And...yes, it kind of does take an ego on my end to see that you think I'm a good son."