[This response is noticeably delayed, and the handwriting is not as neat as the previous letters. The ink is uneven, and it's clear the hand wielding the pen was a hesitant one.]

Tohko,

All I can say is that life is nothing like the idyllic stories one finds in fiction. Destiny is not fair, nor just, nor kind. I do not know what would have happened in a perfect world where Link did not have to sleep, but I know that it is not my world.

[The writing grows even more tentative, reluctant.]

If it is all right with you, I would rather not talk about the Flood. I will say that Tetra is, in fact, my direct descendant, however.

[And hopefully that's enough for Tohko to put two and two together.]

Regards,
Zelda