"Any rope long enough would snap under its own weight. Dozens of kilometers. I'm not sure what I want from here yet. I'll have to think about it for a while. It's a big opportunity. Yes I'm human. We have other plants, we do eat, floatgrass is the most pervasive and invasive."

"Want a rope dozens of kilometers long that wouldn't snap? It could be thin as a thread. Would it help if I listed some things you could get here?"

"Indestructible thin thread with that much weight behind it sounds like a lovely way to cut my ship in two. Tools and metals will serve well enough, I think. I could haul in a bunch of food if that will sell, here. Perhaps you should list things."

"I can make things indestructible. I can't directly change the temperature of anything but I can ward objects against temperature changes. Bar sells metals and tools and other things like... anything... I guess you might have trouble getting bleach or, uh, what's that brown one called, the element that's like bleach but not having it gives humans goiters? Oh, you can get books from different universes. I guess you could use them as firewood if you can't use the knowledge. Or buy actual firewood."

"I need firewood far less than I need books. Books sound lovely. Not that you're not interesting, but I think I'm going to go ask for some and read them. Alone."

Valanda hands him a penny. "Bye," he says and goes to Bar to get a whole bowl of pennies and a smaller-tipped marker to add to his sign.

People who get close enough to read the smaller sign mostly think it's kind of strange. A few are more amused or sympathetic than confused. They mostly follow the instruction, anyway. One woman in a black and white outfit glares at him and mutters something about 'god's design' and turns around haughtily when she reads the smaller sign.

Well, she doesn't have to accept the deal if she doesn't like the price. It'd be nice to know about god's design and why she's angry about the sign in that context but she doesn't seem likely to be helpful for a reasonable price. Maybe he'll borrow a book about it from Bar later.

Some hours later, the door opens again. "Milliways! And Valanda!!" Link runs over and attempts to give him a hug! She's wearing some kind of heavy armor this time around, which might make the hug a little uncomfortable.

That's okay, it's Link! And a hug! A hug from Link!

"I found a currency that comes in small enough denominations to pay people for less than a month of not calling me a woman. Have a penny, for last time I saw you. Uh, it was you, right? I met two people with the same face recently."

Unhug. "You don't need to pay me for that. And I'm me, alright! That's funny, what're the chances? I haven't beat Ganon yet. I've only had a couple of weeks to work on it, after all. The indestructible gear is doing great, though! I can beat Guardians one-on-one every time with it."

(Nick, overhearing this newcomer's loud and boisterous voice, talks to bar briefly and then picks up his stack of books and goes upstairs.)

"That's great! It's been longer for me, almost two months now, I'm officially Governor of Ice Island! We'll start colonizing as soon as I have a death mage and some heat mages hired. And I learned to do algebra and I know what electricity is and I've been charging everyone in Milliways double what I could get at home for wards and they keep being shocked I charge so little. I quit my job but I don't think I would have figured out immortality if I'd stayed anyway. And I missed you."

"You made tons of progress that's great! I missed you too, and Milliways. Milliways is so cool. Did you end up using balloons? And oceangoing boats from old shipbuilding books? You're lucky you have such a unique kind of magic, it's super super useful. I'm in Zora's Domain right now. It's a pretty place, city made of carved blue stone in a giant lake. They're having rain problems, but I can probably help."

"I learned about navigating by the stars from the book and hired a force mage. No vacuum balloons yet! It's still illegal to make vacuum anywhere people live right now since I haven't gotten any immigration yet. What kind of rain problems are they having in Zora's Domain?"

"Too much rain. The Divine Beast - I didn't tell you about those last time, they're old weapons-or-something, huge and mysterious and powerful. Ganon took them over when he rose up a hundred years ago, and reactivated them when I woke up the Sheikah towers a few months ago. The Divine Beast Vah Ruta is causing it to rain constantly in Zora's Domain. I have to go carve Ganon's curse out of it, like I did already for Vah Medoh. If I can't, their dams will break in a month or so and cause a massive flood and way too much damage. Not acceptable. But I think I can manage it. Did it once to a different one a few days after I left Millways last time, actually."

"Your world seems very dangerous. I can keep the dams from breaking if you need more time. I'm sure it wouldn't be good if water spilled over the top but it might not be as bad." Link shouldn't have to go fight monsters, Link should be safe, Link is wonderful and Valanda wants to keep running into her like this and that can't happen if she dies.

"I think that'd help... They're really really big, the dams. Hundreds of meters across and tall. It'd sure take you a while. And, hey, I can deal with it. I'm a knight, after all. And freeing the Divine Beasts hurts Ganon. Won't turn down help, though. Maybe more indestructible things? Like this armor?"

"There's a problem with indestructible armor, which is that you're in the middle of it and not indestructible. If I imagine having an apple in the middle of a bunch of indestructible things that are getting hit often, I'm... actually, are you converting cuts to bruises or do you have some kind of padding underneath?"

"I've got padding. And Hylia's Heart Containers make me tougher and stronger, too. You've kind of got a point, though, getting whacked by a Moblin carrying a tree is going to hurt no matter how much armor I'm wearing. That just means I have to dodge!"

"And I suppose appealing to their rational self-interest and offering peace and trade is right out, the Moblins want the opposite of what you want. I wish we could steal some of the monsters from Hyrule and drop them in my world. Any death or heat or force mage could handle them. In fact, I could handle them, given time. You said Ganon was probably warded against being turned into a statue. Are all of the monsters also probably warded?"

"I don't know, maybe you could pull it off. Monsters are kinda smart, but not very smart. I think Ganon's influence teaches them how to use weapons and nothing else."

"I'd need as much time looking at a monster as I took to make your shield indestructible. If there are any close to your door that I can look at for that long without dying, I can try, if that would be any help. Otherwise I don't think there's much else I can do."

"The indestructible shield is already such a great help, you have no idea. I - hmm. We both got Milliways doors again, right? And fairly quick. Weeks for me. Two months for you. So maybe one of us can go visit without worrying so much about their world. I mean... I still don't really want to leave mine, just in case, but..." Shrug.

"I'd like that very much if my absence wouldn't be noticed at home. Will time stay paused while I'm away even if I'm not in Milliways?"