Demoko would have frowned if he had a face to do so. The recent events no doubt had taken a toll on Link like everyone else, but most certainly what little confidence he had with him. "Thallus will be very cautious if we have two piece of the Triforce. Thallus is a man of having the higher ground, he will not fight on level ground until he is pushed to. If we save the princess, he won't come after us directly, he'll bide his time until his hand is forced." He said as he turn to face Link. He walked over to him and placed a hand on his shoulder, he predicted Link would pull away from him very soon, but he had to do his best to provide him with as much confidence as he could. "My powers dwindle in comparison to your full potential. And having said that, Thallus and I may have been on even playing ground at one point, but that was millennia ago. If I could have carried this burden alone for you well being I would have. Thallus is my responsibility more than anyone else, I should have sensed the darkness in his heart long ago and ended it before all of this could have ever come to past." Demoko said in a lowly tone, he was ashamed of his ignorance. He ignored his brother and his intentions, was in denial that Thallus could ever turn so evil. Now many had suffered because of him.

"You are not a pawn, you are far greater and more valuable than you can imagine. I understand that you can't function right now, we are all tired, beaten, and exhausted. I may have gotten some shiny new armor and gear, but all it does is hide how low on energy I am right now. We will have time to rest, there is much planning and preparation we must do before we even attempt to rescue the princess. Most of which I plan to take care of myself as best I can." Demoko had overlooked what Link had meant when he wasn't able to function, but with the Hero's Courage locked away inside the amulet it had done something that to the Time and Space continuum that threw off Demoko being able to sense such a disturbance. To Demoko Link was still the Hero and had his powers, perhaps the amulet was more power than Link had first anticipated when he took the offer.