FIVE MINUTES OF TEA LEAVES AND WHISTLING GRASS
in which Zelda longs and Ilia is

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Tea leaves and whistling grass - these were the gifts Ilia gave to the Princess of Hyrule upon her arrival. "They're not much," she admitted once in the Princess's chambers, "but they're important to me."

Zelda shook her head. "They are very good gifts and quite the welcoming departure from my normal haul of all the jewelry and garments that I never wanted to own. So thank you, my dearest friend. I shall read the tea leaves in my study come morning and play on the whistling grass in the garden come afternoon."

"Thank you, Princess Zelda. I hope your tea leaf reading goes well."

"As do I," the Princess nodded, and upon glancing at her friend's simple yet beautiful features, she wished she was in the position to say the words she really meant:

Would you like to stay and read them with me?