"It certainly doesn't feel like a blessing," she said, knowing what he was referring to but attempting to make a joke anyway. It was more to hide her own feelings than anything else. Zelda supposed, if she didn't know Soryk as Sheik, she might be much less conflicted about him. She often felt like there were two distinct sides to the man--though he was very kind to her, she could not say the same for her Sheikah counterpart, and that, of course, was something of a problem.

It was times like these she wished she didn't have the alter ego at all. Things would be so much simpler that way.

Even questionable company, however, was better than being alone and miserable, and besides, if she sent him away, there was the possibility he'd become suspicious. However slight, it was a risk she couldn't afford to take.

"If you insist, you may stay."