"I guess saving your sister probably can't really wait, huh? ...I hope we'll meet again someday. All this was fun as much as it was utterly terrifying."

"Yeah it's kind of time sensitive. But I'll definitely come back here afterwards."

Medli impulsively leans forward and gives Anna a hug. "You can always send mail to me from anywhere we have a postbox! There's at least a dozen of them."

Aww! Hug!

"Yeah I will!"

And then... It's time to go.

The King of Red Lions marks their next destination as due south, and once Anna turns the wind that way, they can be off at a delightfully brisk pace.

Hooray for sailing.

"I met Zephos, did I tell you? He says you're a bit stuffy, but good to know."

He laughs. "High praise."

"He seemed pretty nice."

"As a warning he is a bit fickle, though, and does not care as much for human affairs as he likes to have people think. But he's usually tolerant of the holder of the Wind Waker and he will tell you so if you lose his favor."

"Nice to be upfront about that, at least."

"Indeed. Gods and creatures of magic like me don't talk to humans often. Only when there are events of legendary or heroic import going on. The next task is to collect a second pearl from the Deku Spirit when we arrive at our destination. There will be one more pearl to collect, then a series of trials to test your resolve and skill. Nothing I can do about those, I'm afraid. I was not involved in designing them."

"I've got plenty of resolve and skill. It'll be fine."

The King of Red Lions goes quiet.

They sail for the remainder of the day uneventfully and part of the night before Anna has to sleep. Look for an island or platform or something, or just sleep with Red Lions out on the water?

She'll sleep on the water.

Red Lions has an anchor tucked away in some magic extra space, so they don't need to worry about drifting off course.

An hour into next morning's sailing they pass a small volcano, but one that's vastly more active than Dragon Roost, spitting fire into the air and sea.

They should probably go around that. Fire seems like it would be bad for boats.

Yeah, they don't stop. Though Red Lions does mention that there's said to be treasure inside.

Over the course of the day she sees more pirate-platforms, some of them playing host to those damn birds, but the ship is faster than them at full sail. Another island that is basically just a spar of rock, a small storm during which a couple of squid monsters shoot rocks at them, and a slightly larger island with someone camped out on the edge holding a telescope.

Anna waves to telescope-person.

He waves back and shouts something.

Wait, can they go back, she couldn't hear him.

"We have not yet passed him as the wind blows. Let's take this as a lesson in hard sailing. If we cannot make it you can use the Wind Waker. Tack to the first line and rudder hard left!"

Anna pulls on the appropriate ropes and leans into the tiller!

They get to the island, with a fair amount of work. "I didn't expect you to come over! Sorry I got you to try so hard to get here!"

"I needed the practice anyway!"

"Well all I was saying is... Don't you think that thing looks weird?" He points to a distant object bobbing along the waves. It looks like a wooden hill with a hut on top.