Apropos of totally nothing at all, here comes Tulin careening in for a hug with his favouritest brother! Wha-bam!
If not for the flapping of his friend's wings and the delighted giggle moments before impact, Link would have been caught completely by surprise. As it stands, he has a breath of a moment to look up to just catch sight of the young Rito warrior before Tulin makes contact, Link's arms jumping up to clumsily catch the other and keep the both of them from tumbling to the ground.
Happy breath dances from between his lips at the sight of the other, arms returning the hug just as eagerly with a grin splitting his lips. Goddess it's been much too long. Seeing the spectered form of the Rito is nothing in comparison to actually being around him, hearing him speak, and Link squeezes a bit tighter before releasing.
It's always one thing on top of the next, adding just one more thing to the long list of what he has to do before he can actually allow himself a moment of reprieve. It's been too long.
Tapping his hand to his chest, pointer finger then taps to his chin before pointing at Tulin. << I missed you. >>