It was definitely a good night. Much better than doing it by herself. Link tells Valanda as much when she wakes up.

"Yeah, I'm good at this. You're pretty familiar, I was kind of worried you'd have five barbed dicks and a crab claw, I might not've been able to do so well then."

"Five- Barbed? I... Don't even know what to say to that."

Shrug. "There's people with two at home and people with barbs. Haven't actually heard of anyone with claws."

"...Well. Let's break camp and get a move on. 'Nother portage after about an hour, and then I get to show off my Deku Leaf when we get to the still water of the swamps."

"Sounds good to me." He takes the ward off the tent.

"Off we go on our nice, relaxing, hopefully monster-free nature trip!"

They efficiently pack and set off down the river again. It's only a short distance past a tall tower glowing blue on certain parts of it, until they portage to avoid a tall waterfall, and from here Valanda can see a wide swampy area laid out before them. "We're heading south, then west a bit, see that mountain right there? Just around it there's a nice smooth slope we can hike up."

"Will it be hard to get the raft through that swamp?"

"That's what the Deku Leaf is for, just you wait, it's pretty cool."

When he sees what it does he agrees it's pretty cool.

When Link swings it it creates a very powerful gust of wind. Combined with the raft's makeshift sail, they move even quicker than when they were just floating down the river, though Link has to work the whole time and keep swinging on a steady rhythm. "Enjoy the breeze while it lasts! Unf. We have a fairly tough hike to look forward to when - unf - when we land!"

"Can I spell you or would the leaf not work for me?"

"Should work for anyone if you want to try! Unf. I just want to keep us going quickly. Unf! It's a good workout, anyway."

"I can keep up. Hey, know any songs with a good beat to swing it to?"

"Hmm... The right beat is a bit slow for most songs. Maybe if you swing on each line..."

She sings a rather rowdy bar song, adding a loud "Hey!" at the end of each line to punctuate the swings. Most of the lyrics are about fighting or doing dangerous stunts.

"Those are - good songs," he pants in between swings.

He keeps up.

For a while.

Can't go forever without a break though. There's time for several songs before he hands Link back her leaf but eventually he does.

"Good job. Like I said, even with wind magic, it's a workout." Link takes Valanda's place and starts swinging again.

It's way too tempting to just watch her the whole time. But there's scenery! And maybe monsters!

"How long are you planning to stay in Kakariko when we get there?"

"Long as you like? Well, not more than a few days. There's something in the forest that makes me think a shrine is hidden there, I can try to figure it out, but I can't relax forever. And I kind of want you to see Hateno town, meet Purah, she's cool. I wonder what Lady Impa will think of you?"

"Will it be a problem if what she thinks of me is that I should leave her universe and not come back?"

"...Well, that might make us have to leave Kakariko Village, but I really don't think she'll be that extreme."

"That's good. Do you want me to help you find the shrine while we're there?"

"If you want to. I kinda thought since you're less familiar with the world you'd have trouble helping, since it's more of a mystery type thing."

"Well, is there anything more useful I can do?"

"Relax and learn about morals and government and how to deal with kids! That's useful to you and your world."