"They aren't social creatures. But no monsters talk. Lynels forge weapons with their fire magic?"

"Concerning. I will avoid murdering it."

"It'll come back anyway."

"It'll what now."

"Monsters respawn on the blood moon?"

"...what counts as a monster?"

"...things that respawn. Do you want a list?"

"Or a list of things that don't, either... are any monsters able to talk? How can you be sure they're the same ones when they respawn?"

"No monsters talk. They communicate with noises, but no... complex things. I'm not the person to ask." The second question leaves him thinking for a second. "They keep things they learn. If a company bearing the kingdom's banner destroys a Bokoblin camp, when there are new Bokoblins they'll be afraid of the banner."

"Huh. But other Bokoblins across the continent won't?"

"...no?" He frowns. "No."

"I should ask Purah where to find research on that, that must be so weird."

Link shrugs. He peers out the window at the evil storm engulfing Hyrule Castle and frowns.

Unless Cam has more to say, he'll spend the time until they hit the Great Hyrule Forest going around the windows, marking locations on his Sheikah Slate, and studying his map.

Cam eventually puts on some quiet music.

At the forest he drops a drone that could pick up a sword and go real fast and will not be instantly wrecked by sudden temperature increase.

Is there a screen Link can watch on?

The heart of the Great Hyrule Forest is pretty densely forested. From above it looks a great deal healthier than the shadowy woods that made up the periphery on their flight over. The drone can approach the canopy and dive through without much issue if it doesn't mind picking fights with branches and startling a few birds.

Did he conjure to aim them directly on top of the sword, or is he just picking a spot?

He was aiming for on top of the sword but he isn't super confident of his aim! The drone can crash through some branches.

The quantity of branches the drone is crashing through seems... hm. It takes a while.

But eventually, the leaves open up and the drone falls through into the depths of a lush, green forest. There's sunlight filtering through the leaves somehow, just enough to cast the world in a quiet glamor. There are signs of wildlife: animal footprints in the dirt, the twitter of birdsong, the odd bit of hair, even a glimpse of something furry darting through the shrubbery. It doesn't look very inhabited. There are bits of decrepit signage.

Over thataways between the trees the drone might glimpse a brighter clearing with some stones, .

"Huh."

"Something notable?"

The drone steers for the clearing.

"It's Korok Forest."

Then he's suddenly leaning very intently forward.

"That's it."

At the center of the clearing is a low, triangular pedestal of moss-worn stone. In it stands a sword of gleaming sky-metal. Its hilt is a deep, lustrous blue, its guard shaped in shallow wings. A small, clear gemstone is set in its center, glimmering beckoningly.

It shines with an uncanny vibrance, as if the blade itself is alive.

...okay, if no firebreathing centaurs are in immediate evidence he's gonna direct the drone to scoop it.

Link stands up abruptly.

The drone makes it a few feet before it... stops? It struggles for a few seconds before it topples backward and skids into the ground. The camera isn't showing anything except trees and sky.