So, it's cruelty. "Earn a place with your own strength or don't exist at all?"

[Darin can't say he's surprised. All of that gloom and malice that Ganondorf was throwing around all of those months ago...the scar that Darin still has over his chest and how he can still feel vestiges of that corruption latching onto something inside of him? That isn't borne from nothing. Even during his fight with Nappa, Darin could feel that malevolence rising up inside of him.]

So, where do I fall here? Are you disappointed that I want to lift people up? Or confused that I held my own against you when I hadn't even drawn my weapon?

[Darin's mouth curls up into a smirk and it's audible. He managed to catch Ganondorf off guard with the mention of the Seven Heroines. The man isn't a wall of stoicism. A small victory, but a victory all the same.]

Don't tell me you're going to try and convince me to go back on my oath! I'd hate to disappoint the public after all that.