Some time later a white light went up from the temple into the sky. Mido stopped and stared. The light died, and there was a song in the air, until that died too. The clouds scattered and the sky was high and blue above the trees, and it smelled like "springtime." Mido couldn't remember the last time it had been "spring." His chest hurt so bad that he had to sit down. He felt that something had gone wrong and was always going to be wrong forever.
The tall person came again and Mido jumped to his feet and said - there were more impressive things he could have said, to remind the stranger of his place, but all he actually thought of and all he actually said was - "Saria?"
"She's safe."
Mido shook his hand. But after he took his hands back he stood still and waited and thought. And no. It hadn't gone away. The feeling of things being wrong still sat inside him like a stone. He said, "She's never coming back. Is she?" The stranger shook his head. Stupidly, Mido said, "What am I gonna tell Link?"
The stranger made that odd expression again. He said, "Do you think Link is coming back?"
"Do you know him?" said Mido. Maybe they had met, out in the big world, Link and this tall person. "He was Saria's best friend. He took all our treasures and killed our Great Deku Tree and she never stopped missing him anyway. If you see him, will you tell him what happened?" The stranger said nothing. Mido turned his back on him. Shadows danced in the Lost Woods. "And you can tell him... if you want... Tell him I forgive him. Even though he doesn't deserve it. Tell him just that, the Great Mido forgives him. He should know what for."
There was a long quiet, so long and quiet that Mido thought the stranger had gone away. But then the stranger said, "Great Mido, I think you should talk to the Deku Tree."
Mido snorted. "Didn't you hear me? The Great Deku Tree is dead."
"Try it anyway."
"Don't tell me what to do. You're not my boss."
"No. I never was."