"It would certainly be very different from how I'm used to flying. Usually, when I'm flying, I'm moving at least near the speed of sound."

"That sounds more like being shot out of a cannon." She chuckles.

"There are similarities. I could maneuver though. Even when you're not fighting, there's a lot to keep track of moving that fast."

Link makes a 'hmm' sound.

That Rito guard from earlier swoops down. "Hail, travelers! Welcome to Rito Village." He peers at Alice. "Huh... Anyway, I just want to let you two know not to make trouble for me by acting violent, and to be careful on the spires. Hylians don't always survive falling from the village."

"Thank you, I'm sure we'll exercise sufficient caution and my friend has a glider."

"Oh, really? Backbone style or braced?"

"I have no idea, but let me show you." It appears with that blue flash and the guard jumps back. "...That's braced. And it looks like it uses Air-wood and silk, must be really light. Good stuff. Maybe you should do a race. All sorts of weird magic is showing up today... Anyway, enjoy your visit!"

Alice smiles and proceeds along the bridge.

"Oh, you got any weapons in there?"

"Yeah."

"Don't take them out in town unless someone attacks you, alright?"

"Sure thing!"

They proceed along the bridge.

Link sees the statue of Hylia that Zahn examined earlier. "...Oh, a shrine. You might want to point the magic-seer at me, I'm going to pray."

Alice nods and manipulates the display to be a bit larger so she can see in more detail. "Sounds good."

"Oh goddess Hylia, hear my prayer..." The link in the statue lights up in a big way. Raw magic floods in.

Link pauses.

"I've gathered more Spirit Orbs. Please give me another heart container."

Another pause, then - something - happens between the magic in Link, flowing into the statue and out to somewhere. Then things shift around, and the same force of magic pushes back into the statue and a red gemstone forms in his hands, a hugely dense piece of magic.

Link touches it, and that pearly 'durability' to her strengthens by perhaps a quarter of what it was.

Alice raises an eyebrow but stays silent until Link stands back up she doesn't want to interrupt.

The churning magic settles a bit, but the link stays lit up. "Yes, Hylia. They're two people in one body. It's mechanical, like Guardians. They're from another- Oh, you know that."

"Yes, they're going to help me on my quest."

"You can't hear her, Alice?"

"No, I can't. It might be the mental defense magic us explorers are sent out with. It's not very flexible"

"...That makes sense."

"Oh Hylia, I will watch out for evil, but I don't think we need to worry. Alice has a Knight's Oath too."

"Thank you, Goddess Hylia. I still don't remember much... But I will restore light to Hyrule. And then the rest of the world, if it needs it."

The link dies down.

"That was impressive looking. Even if I didn't have magic sensing that gem that appeared than disappeared would be really striking. Zahn also swore an oath in case you're interested, his isn't really person focused though. He's promised to never stop learning new things and to teach people who want to be taught as long as it's safe to do that."

"Goddess Hylia may not be omnipotent, but she's powerful enough to help me a lot, yeah. That's an interesting oath."

"The organization we work for started out as a school. It's grown in a lot of ways since then, but learning new things and teaching new people is still at the heart of its philosophy."

"I think Nayru would approve. Shall we go find someone to ask about the Divine Beast?"

"Zahn talked to the village Elder, he said we'd need you to do it properly, if not in those words."

"Oh wow, you already did some of the factfinding for me. Let's go see him. Hear about anything else that could be handy?"

"Someone tried to get into the beast on their own recently and got hurt, they got shot by one of the guardian weapons it has. Somehow we have to get pas that. I'm not sure if you're supposed to have special advantages at that part but I do remember that there are consoles inside that interface with your slate."

"Hm... I should find out who made the attempt and go ask 'em."

They head up the spire. Link eyes some of the Rito warm clothing interestedly, and sells off some ingredients and monster parts while negotiating for some magic boots.

And then up again. "...Oh, this is one of the shrines. I can get a spirit orb. Want to see if it'll let you in, too?"

"I'm not opposed, I could maybe follow you even if the built in teleport doesn't grab me but I'm not sure if it would be wise to try that."

"Let's try it."

The shrine is definitely magic. Mostly metamagic, mostly passive. There's something dimensional or teleporty going on for sure, though.

She holds the Slate up to a sort of console nearby, and the whole shrine lights up blue with a big show. Something feeds into the Slate. "That added this place to my list of teleport locations."

And then she walks into the doorway that appeared on the front of the shrine, onto a circular marking, and waves Alice in.

She steps in beside her.