"No." The Slate is his. It helped him on his quest. It keeps all his things for him. And Zelda gave it to him. She's the only one he'd let take it.

At the same time, however, it's in Link's nature to want to be helpful. "You can look," he relents. Look, but not touch. He holds the Slate so that Steven can see the screen, but not so that he could take or operate it.t