"In eight years you couldn't have found me and told me that? In eight years you couldn't dredge up enough courage to talk to me for five minutes? Did you think I spent years on horseback searching the most hidden corners of Hyrule for my health? Did you think I wouldn't have thrilled at any news from you?" Didn't you think we could have made it work?
She was his best friend. She knew his darkest secrets. She was the first person since Saria not to judge him for not having a guardian fairy. And maybe he idealized her because she was the only woman he knew when he was thrown headfirst into puberty, or because she was the only person who knew his entire story, or because he'd missed her so much, but...