At Gerudo Town's gate, Riju threw dignity to the winds and hopped up to hug Zelda fiercely. "Come back when your journey is complete," she begged, "or even earlier than that. Promise me."

"I don't know how long it will take," Zelda protested, though her arms wound around Riju and held her as close as a sister.

"I don't care." Riju pulled back, all the stubbornness of youth in the set of her chin. "As far as I'm concerned, you'll always be one of us."