The walkthrough remained open on his screen, forever frozen on the last line:

He typed a frantic note on the walkthrough's comment section (which should have been read-only). It accepted his input.

The screen went white. Then, a new save file appeared. Not his. "MAYA" - 3 hearts. Lost in the Ice Temple.

The walkthrough refreshed one last time. The old HTML page now had a new line at the top, written in the same hesitant, lowercase rhythm Maya used to text him:

And for the first time, the game let two sprites share the same controller. Link stood still. A second Link—pink-haired, smiling—walked up beside him.