[This time, he retrieves the smooth, wiggly toad and one of the smaller ones.]
[But before he licks, he stops himself and looks at Zelda. Her assessment of his abilities...made a lot of sense. It's been a long-standing theory of his that his powers affect him in more subtle ways but he's never actually tried to...you know. Test them.]
...I've...never met someone so genuinely interested in the things I can do. Truthfully...? I don't...know the limitations of my powers. I have a vague idea of thresholds but...
...I don't...actually know...how strong I am.
[He says that last bit with a hint of actual shame. He has an idea but that's because he saw what his brother could do. And that terrifies him.]
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[This time, he retrieves the smooth, wiggly toad and one of the smaller ones.]
[But before he licks, he stops himself and looks at Zelda. Her assessment of his abilities...made a lot of sense. It's been a long-standing theory of his that his powers affect him in more subtle ways but he's never actually tried to...you know. Test them.]
...I've...never met someone so genuinely interested in the things I can do. Truthfully...? I don't...know the limitations of my powers. I have a vague idea of thresholds but...
...I don't...actually know...how strong I am.
[He says that last bit with a hint of actual shame. He has an idea but that's because he saw what his brother could do. And that terrifies him.]