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vocab_drabblesTitle: 'And Every Second I Waste is More than I Can Take'
Fandom: The Legend of Zelda (Spoilers for 'Breath of the Wild')
Author:but_can_i_be_trusted
Rating: G
Word Count: 204
Characters/Pairings: Princess Zelda
Warnings: None
Notes: Crossposted tolyricaltitles
Summary: How can her father expect her to give that up?
Being berated before witnesses is so degrading. Perhaps the Sheikah down below, putting one of the Guardians through its paces, didn't hear her father's words. But Link was too near not to know what passed during the exchange. It makes Zelda burn with humiliation.
She respects Rhoam, both as her father and as Hyrule's King. But even a monarch should be capable of some sensitivity, some tact.
He resents how Zelda's been so fascinated by the ancient technology that's recently been unearthed. Feels that she's distracting herself from the training that he's pressured her into from her childhood.
Zelda knows her duties to the land well enough; perhaps better than anyone else can. But every prayer, every ritual, feels like a waste of time. As yet, whatever sealing powers she possesses have been unwilling to reveal themselves. They insist on lying dormant. If, indeed, she's even inherited that ability.
Surely helping the Sheikah study their ancestors' technological wonders can only aid in their cause. Zelda can't help feeling that she's making a vital contribution to Hyrule's protection. Far from adulterating her training, she feels that her researches are enhancing anything that she can offer.
How can her father expect her to give that up?
Fandom: The Legend of Zelda (Spoilers for 'Breath of the Wild')
Author:
but_can_i_be_trustedRating: G
Word Count: 204
Characters/Pairings: Princess Zelda
Warnings: None
Notes: Crossposted to
lyricaltitlesSummary: How can her father expect her to give that up?
Being berated before witnesses is so degrading. Perhaps the Sheikah down below, putting one of the Guardians through its paces, didn't hear her father's words. But Link was too near not to know what passed during the exchange. It makes Zelda burn with humiliation.
She respects Rhoam, both as her father and as Hyrule's King. But even a monarch should be capable of some sensitivity, some tact.
He resents how Zelda's been so fascinated by the ancient technology that's recently been unearthed. Feels that she's distracting herself from the training that he's pressured her into from her childhood.
Zelda knows her duties to the land well enough; perhaps better than anyone else can. But every prayer, every ritual, feels like a waste of time. As yet, whatever sealing powers she possesses have been unwilling to reveal themselves. They insist on lying dormant. If, indeed, she's even inherited that ability.
Surely helping the Sheikah study their ancestors' technological wonders can only aid in their cause. Zelda can't help feeling that she's making a vital contribution to Hyrule's protection. Far from adulterating her training, she feels that her researches are enhancing anything that she can offer.
How can her father expect her to give that up?
