There was that giant again, the deep current hiding far below placid waters. The gratitude of the Sword's chosen for help protecting something as simple as the happiness of the goddess-blood royal daughter.
Zumi had to resist the urge to shy back from it.
But that was also the gratitude of just Link, the man who agreed to something that really was a little ridiculous, and had helped her work through one of the most confusing and distressing things she'd had to deal with in her life up to that point, and it ultimately had resulted in giving her a home, a soon-to-be wife, and a child of her own. She owed him so much more than this simple little lie.
So she smiled warmly. "You're welcome," she said. "I owed you one or two anyway."