Zahn will wait patiently for a few minutes what's around here?

The Elder's house has a lot of books and scrolls and art. He can scan titles? Some standout examples: Ancestry Records marked with year numbers, at least half a dozen volumes. Revali's Tale. The Book of Law. Hylia's Mercy.

Alright, is the Elder awake yet?

No... Wait, yes, He is observing Zahn neutrally. "Welcome to the humble home of the Rito, visitor. I'm Kaneli. What brings you all the way up to the peak of our home? Surely not simply to speak with an old bird like me, hm?"

"I was told by the shopkeeper for the winter clothing store that you're the leader of the village."

"Hah! I suppose I am, if only by tradition. Everyone helps each other well enough without my beating their wings about it. I suppose they see me as the wisest. I used to be a librarian of sorts, even only a few years after the Calamity... I could tell so many stories about that time. Everything was lively, even as terrible news flowed in from closer to the center of the kingdom..." Sigh. "People kept coming to me and asking for advice and information about more and more things. And now here I am, the 'elder'."

"I come from very far away, not anywhere on this world. I'm here to learn about your world and it's people's and to offer my help and the help of my people in improving your world."

"Oh? We would be doing well enough, if not for Ganon and Vah Medoh. What would you like to learn?"

"I am curious about Ganon and Vah Medoh I have heard different stories about them."

"Our oldest scripture says there cannot be light without darkness. We cannot have the loving Goddess Hylia without an evil force appearing. That evil force is Ganon. It returns eventually no matter how it was sealed, an endless cycle. Tales talk of Vah Medoh being an ancient weapon, designed to destroy the recurring threat of Ganon, were written on the walls where the Divine Beasts were excavated. 'Brilliant light to sear the scourge of Calamity, will not suffice to seal it alone, hero of legend rise once again, heiress of wisdom guide his hand, champions four strengthen his blade, the calamity will be sealed in battle'. So goes a prophecy of Nayru. I have seen no sign of a legendary hero yet, alas. I heard he was slain trying to fight Ganon when the calamity first began, almost one hundred years ago..."

"Interesting. The cycle of light and darkness sounds frustrating, my world doesn't have anything like that. I wonder if others could fix the divine beasts without waiting for such an individual."

"Perhaps. Scrolls say to wrest control of them from Ganon would require a device known as a 'Sheikah Slate'."

"Hm... I don't know anything about that device. I wonder whether I could improvise a replacement."

"Alas, Sheikah technology was poorly understood even before the Calamity. I can't help you with this one."

"That makes sense, can you tell me about the people's of this world? I've seen people who look mostly like me, and your people, are there others?"

"Ah! There are the Gerudo, though it is worth debate if they really are different from Hylians who 'look mostly like you'. The Zora are aquatic. Gorons have a stone-based physiology and live near Death Mountain. Koroks are rarely seen out of the Great Deku Forest so little is known, but they are definitely people. And the many varieties of monsters... There is debate there too but I would contend that only Lynels are truly intelligent in any credible way, among those."

"I'm reluctant to treat anything that uses weapons as not a person, possibly leaving aside the machines. Could you explain why you don't consider the other monsters people?"

"Hm. There are plentiful and well-preserved historical records that monsters fought with tooth and claw, no shields, bows, or swords, before the Great Calamity. And if you are sensitive to magic, you can feel the Malice coiling around them when they die. The scholar at Hateno Village I spoke to about this years ago also believes that they are simple animals, elevated by Ganon with enough instinct to wield weapons which are also provided by Ganon."

"I have ways of sensing magic so I'll have to examine one or more of these monsters more closely. Thank you for the information. Do you know if anyone in your village sells gliders of some kind? I think I might be able to improvise more general flight with one of those."

"Flying is notoriously dangerous for non-Rito, I must warn you. But if you insist... Ask people to find Eras. He sells and rents and provides lessons as well. It's a useful practice since it shows more people the joy of flight."

"Thanks, I'll look into that. Are there any aspects of your culture that you think it might be important for an outsider to learn?"

"Hm... Be careful when speaking of Ganon. Someone might think you're with those bandits, the Yiga Clan. And do not be alarmed if someone challenges you to tests of skill, especially if you ask for favors. Aside from that, I believe we are much like Hylians."

"I believe I spoke to one of the Yiga Clan, they are the ones who teach that Ganon is not evil correct?"

He makes a 'skree' noise. "Yes. Ironic when they frequently act evil themselves."

"I will take that under advisement, the individual I encountered was quite polite."