"I just hope it wasn't a call from home trying to get me to come back. If they need me and I can't get there--" Link shook his head, trying hard not to go too far mentally down that path.

If Hyrule needed him, if the Zelda who was there needed him, and his soul was stuck in the ether, that was supremely bad.

Instead he gave Clef a tired smile. "I think that maybe you need a break from research."