[ Not exactly what she was going for, but Zelda was dreadfully hungry. Her tail swished back and forth again as he lifted his hand and--
--placed it on her head?
Zelda froze in place, even after he lifted his hand and got to his feet. Did this man just touch her head? No one touched the princess's head, not since she was a little girl and her nursemaid stroked her hair to help her relax. Even her own father rarely patted Zelda's head after she was old enough to walk. It was disrespectful, impolite, to be so casual with the crown princess of Hyrule. And this stranger just touched her head as though she were--
--just an animal. She looked down at her front paws, first lifting one and then the other to look at them. To the uninformed onlooker, Zelda was just an animal. People weren't going to adhere to court etiquette with a wolf.
She looked back up at Gohan again, staring at him with her intense blue eyes. Was this what it felt like for Link when he first met Zelda? Confused, out of sorts in skin that wasn't his own, wordlessly pleading for people to understand him? Could this man tell there was something odd about Zelda, as she had noticed when she first met the wolf Link?
Regardless of how much or how little he understood her, he was kind to her. And right now, Zelda was very much in need of kindness. She walked up beside him, swishing her tail, waiting for him to lead her to the promised food. ]
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--placed it on her head?
Zelda froze in place, even after he lifted his hand and got to his feet. Did this man just touch her head? No one touched the princess's head, not since she was a little girl and her nursemaid stroked her hair to help her relax. Even her own father rarely patted Zelda's head after she was old enough to walk. It was disrespectful, impolite, to be so casual with the crown princess of Hyrule. And this stranger just touched her head as though she were--
--just an animal. She looked down at her front paws, first lifting one and then the other to look at them. To the uninformed onlooker, Zelda was just an animal. People weren't going to adhere to court etiquette with a wolf.
She looked back up at Gohan again, staring at him with her intense blue eyes. Was this what it felt like for Link when he first met Zelda? Confused, out of sorts in skin that wasn't his own, wordlessly pleading for people to understand him? Could this man tell there was something odd about Zelda, as she had noticed when she first met the wolf Link?
Regardless of how much or how little he understood her, he was kind to her. And right now, Zelda was very much in need of kindness. She walked up beside him, swishing her tail, waiting for him to lead her to the promised food. ]