Link watched the Princess steel herself and then follow his instructions, and a warm glow of pride heated his chest: when they'd started their journey, he hadn't been certain if she would be able to act when things got hairy. But either he had been wrong, or their trip was already beginning to change her: Peach still carried herself with the same grace and elegance, but evidently she could handle herself as well.
Although he hadn't expected her to throw the stick.
Her soft arm wrapped around him and he grinned into the softly blowing wind. He braced himself against Epona, readied his heels-- "Hiyah!"
The horse surged forward with a speed that was shocking given the ground and her previous standstill. And it was a good thing: a rumbling in the ground had begun the second the torch had hit the ground and grown louder, louder, louder! The giant worm exploded outwards from the sandy dunes, grabbing the bomb and scattering sand in all directions. Epona was barely ahead of the thing, just fractions of a second away from her hooves being caught in the shifting sands and dragged into the waiting mouth. The worm charged into the sky and hung there for a single, impossible second... and then began the long fall down, closer to Epona than was comfortable.
And as it came down, a loud explosion echoed across the desert, muffled inside the thing's maw, and was answered by a loud feral keen.
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Although he hadn't expected her to throw the stick.
Her soft arm wrapped around him and he grinned into the softly blowing wind. He braced himself against Epona, readied his heels--
"Hiyah!"
The horse surged forward with a speed that was shocking given the ground and her previous standstill. And it was a good thing: a rumbling in the ground had begun the second the torch had hit the ground and grown louder, louder, louder!
The giant worm exploded outwards from the sandy dunes, grabbing the bomb and scattering sand in all directions. Epona was barely ahead of the thing, just fractions of a second away from her hooves being caught in the shifting sands and dragged into the waiting mouth. The worm charged into the sky and hung there for a single, impossible second... and then began the long fall down, closer to Epona than was comfortable.
And as it came down, a loud explosion echoed across the desert, muffled inside the thing's maw, and was answered by a loud feral keen.