#maybe purah?? or impa?? but i feel as though impa is so ... well.. impish tbh that she would know what he was triyng to say anyways

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regarding speaking / vocalizations .

link is almost completely nonverbal. he makes small noises - shouts and grunts and gasps - but these are not really a voluntary action. instead, they are more like something he cannot help. if he does speak, it is in quick bursts --- and his voice itself is very unpracticed. he mispronounces certain sounds, often leading to him calling places the wrong name. of course, he doesn't do that on purpose.

were it up to him, he wouldn't talk ever. but the gap between communication when interacting with someone who speaks has frustrated him enough that he finds it easier to just psyche himself up for 7 minutes straight before giving someone a yes/no answer to a question. obviously, if he can, he will try to get through most conversations with body language and various throat-noises that don't form words.

there are some exceptions on both sides, of course. with those he is closer to, he is both way more comfortable, and also way less, speaking aloud. he does not typically vocalize towards zelda, for example, but if he needed to she is one of the few that he could easily hold a conversation with. he just really doesn't want to have to, reserving speech for when something important happens, instead. he is not someone who prides himself on personal comfort in most regards ; but something about his own voice is a stance he can be quite stubborn on.

link does know some very early level sign language, but doesn't use it unless he isn't getting his thoughts across well enough. he is far more likely to just start pulling up his slate/pad and pointing at different things in his compendium to explain what he's trying to convey. thankfully he takes a lot of pictures.