[To say he stops listening after she names herself wouldn't be entirely accurate. The truth is that he can't hear her over the sound of blood rushing in his ears.]
Z-- Zelda...?
[His eyes widen, suddenly scanning her anew, hand at his side twitching to reach for the pouch of deku nuts that isn't there, vanished by the godmothers until the end of the masquerade. He should never have allowed them to touch him, he should have run when he had the chance, he was a fool to think it was safe--
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Z-- Zelda...?
[His eyes widen, suddenly scanning her anew, hand at his side twitching to reach for the pouch of deku nuts that isn't there, vanished by the godmothers until the end of the masquerade. He should never have allowed them to touch him, he should have run when he had the chance, he was a fool to think it was safe--
I am Zelda, Princess of Hyrule.]
That's not...