Once more shifted into zabna's preferred form they teleport to an out of the way position and start making their way down the road towards the town.

Looks like a fairly decent sized town - they can see farms on the long upslope hill from here already. There is a curving road with two patches of woods on either side that leads to the 'front gate' of the town.

They see two teens with baskets under their arms in the woods about halfway there. Foraging, apparently.

"Hello," zabna waves at them.

"Hi! You seen any monsters around, traveler? We're going out to look for Hearty Radishes, but if there are monsters in the area we'll just go home."

"I haven't seen anything in the little walking I've done but I'm just getting started for the day."

"Great, thanks for the info! Have a nice day in Hateno Town!"

"I hope you have a nice day too." zabna continues walking into town.

The town gate seems to be a formality. The road passes through it but there are no actual walls. It has a few more people coming and going, apparently headed to farms in the area, plus a pair of guards in steel armor - one young and one old. They look at Zabna critically. "Where are you from, stranger?"

"Many places but most recently from Rito Village. I bring good news. Vah Medoh had been retaken from Ganon."

"Vah Medoh?"

"The divine beast. The ones that've been causing trouble recently. Was a 'Champion of Air' involved, young one?"

"The champion's spirit now controls the beast. The hero of the age and her allies were the ones who freed him."

"The Hero's shown up? Purah will want to hear about that. You should go to the Ancient Tech Lab when you get the chance."

The young guard looks confused about that again, but shrugs it off. Old Guard knows what he's talking about.

"I was already planning to do that, could I trouble you for directions?"

"Straight up main street, right at the inn, left at the first windmill, past Jen's dairy farm, left at the next fork, should be by an apple orchard, then just keep going upslope. Not to be a spoil-sport, but have you got any proof about the Divine Beast?"

"Not that I could easily produce. I'm fairly certain I'll be able to convince Purah though. Worst case I can teleport her to Rito village and show her."

"I think I'll wait until I hear the same story from more travelers," the young guard says. "You don't think he's dangerous, though, Ren?"

"Nope. Friendly enough. Knows about the old legends. This isn't the sort of sketchy character we need to look out for. Have a nice day, now."

"Thank you, I hope your day goes well." zabna starts following the directions towards Purah and the lab.

He passes a variety of shops, including two cafes and a rather large, brightly decorated, and apparently magical dye shop, before reaching the first turn at the inn.

He gets some curious questions but "going to visit the Ancient Tech Lab" is plenty of explanation, everyone dismisses him after that.

The first windmill and Jen's dairy farm and the apple orchard as landmarks are all as described. And now he is on a long path up a grassy slope, cliffs on either side.

Signs posted in the ground bear increasingly stringent warnings about the dangers of the lab. The lab itself is a ramshackle-looking thing that appears to have been converted from a windmill, or a lighthouse. There is an impractically large telescope sticking out at an odd angle, and a furnace-like thing burning a blue flame, emitting a steady stream of mixed magic into some systems inside the building.

zabna looks at the building skeptically then fixes a smile on his face and knocks on the door.

A small girl looking about twelve answers the door, still peering at a book. The interior of the building has rather a lot of books and notes scattered around, stuck onto shelves, and so on. Plus a large Guidance Stone, like the one in that tall tower that Link downloaded a map from.

"Hi, welcome to Hateno Ancient Tech Lab, what do you want?"

"Hi there, Link sent me to talk to Purah. I'm interested in learning more about the local magic and technology. Also I thought she might want to know that we removed Ganon from Vah Medoh."

"-What? That's great news! She's making progress with the Divine Beasts! ...Wait a second, you know Link?"

"I met her in Rito Village and helped her with the beast. Well, more accurately, Alice did but we share a body."

"Uh huh. What device did she use to free the Divine Beast? Tell me that and I'll believe you. Oh, I'm Purah, by the way."

"The name of the device you're looking for is the Sheikah Slate. Once she activated the first terminal Revali started speaking with is and we had to fight Windblight Ganon before the beast was returned to Revali's control."