Link feels like the more she talks, the more something inside him shrinks. Perhaps if he was better with people, or had more of his memories and experiences to draw from, he'd realise that what she was trying to do was to help. That she was trying to give advice, not pass judgement.

But Link wasn't good with people. And while he didn't remember, there was some deep familiarity about this, that felt like judgement. Like there had been people in that forgotten past who had questioned his motivation, his abilities. Had expected him to be someone confident and convicted and without any doubts at all. People who Mikumo, unwittingly, was reminding him of.

Don't say anything, something inside him said. Stay silent. No one can judge you for what you say if you don't say anything at all.

Link said nothing.