Not protecting the cows from the alien attack at Romani Ranch and finding an addled and confused Romani wandering the grounds the next day
Talking to Anju on the evening of the third day without completing Kafei’s mask subplot
Watching Mikau die on the beach
Those fucking pipes in the Great Bay Temple
Playing hide-and-seek with the sad Moon children in the empty field
Listening to the Postman talk to himself in his room about how he wishes he could abandon his duty
The Deku Butler talking about how he used to love to race with his dead son and how much you remind him of that dead son
Seeing the frozen corpse of the Deku Butler’s dead son alone in an empty chamber during the cut scenes after you finish the game
Darmani’s young, now-orphaned son, crying alone in his ice palace
Realizing that every time you play the Song of Time you renew the suffering of every single character in the game
Pretty much every scene in Ikana Canyon
Hearing the soldier who guards the exits to Clock Town saying “Everyone has fled. You should flee, too.”
Seeing Anju and Kafei happy and ready to die together on the evening of the third day after completing Kafei’s mask subplot
Temporarily comforting Darmani’s young, now-orphaned son by pretending to be his dead father, then abandoning him
Hearing the Skull Kid confirm your worst suspicions when he tells you you remind him of the kid who taught him “that song” in the Lost Woods back in Hyrule
Realizing you still have to sit through Kaepora Gaebora’s lectures in this world
Seeing a terrified Pamela trying to protect her mangled father in a valley of moaning ReDeads
Waiting out the third evening and watching the grinning Moon crash into Termina
Seeing the doddering Goron elder encased in ice after failing to reach Snowhead Mountain
That drawing of Tatl and Tael and the Skull Kid being friends on that tree stump in South Termina Field
Hearing Saria’s Song at the end of the quest
[Image via Zelda Wiki]
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