[Link raised an eyebrow slightly at the comment, tilting his head as he considered whether or not to inform the young man that he had, for all intents and purposes, been "dead" for a few months. Of course there was little point in bothering with that lie here he supposed.

He also knew Allen's penchant for worrying about others, and some small part of him didn't want to give him any reason to be concerned with him.]

I'm still assigned to watch out for you, that has never changed. But that's good to hear that you haven't had any problems with... That. [He shrugged almost awkwardly. Link was angry with himself for being relieved to hear that the Fourteenth had not made another reemergence, as protecting that bit of Allen was the true purpose of his mission. It had been easy to focus when faced with the Noah himself, but now it was not so easy.]