#windblight

They start out hating each other, Revali because he was killed by Windblight, Windblight because he's literally a manifestation of Ganon's hate

Revali tries to just ignore his captor at first, silent treatment for the win. But he was never as good at being silent as Link was. So instead he monologues about how if he'd hadn't just flown across Hyrule, if he'd had his Great Eagle Bow, then he would have won easily.

Around year 30, he starts using Windblight as a therapist. Frankly, Revali has a lot of trauma, if he's gonna be trapped here for the foreseeable future while Link takes his sweet time, might as well work through it.

Windblight isn't verbal, and they can only really communicate through screams, but the two make it work.

Around year 50 or so, Revali realizes that no one is coming. Link probably died in the original fight, Ganon has destroyed all of Hyrule, and he's going to spend forever trapped in the shell of the beast he loves so much. It's fine. Revali is used to being alone, he was before the Champions. He'll be just fine.

Around year 65, the decades of being trapped catch up to him. He hasn't seen the sky, or felt the wind in his feathers in decades, and he never will again. He'll never see Link again, or any the other Champions. His friends, his family.

He's trying to calm his panic attack (seriously, who let dead people have panic attacks, not fair) when he suddenly feels the pressure Windblight has, pushing him down and trapping him, lessen. He pushes past it, and finds himself on Medoh's top deck, just as the sun starts to peek over the horizon.

He can see all of Hyrule from here, he can see Rito, flying around the village's spire, he can see Hyrule, not destroyed. Not too far in the distance he can see Hyrule Castle, surrounded by the choking malice that's been holding him down for so long, but being held back by a golden aura that he knows must be the Princess.

He can see where his friends are trapped, their beasts looking just as lifeless as Medoh looks. He stays above for nearly an hour, watching everything he can see, until Ganon realizes Windblight's control has slipped and pulls Revali back under.

Windblight doesn't do it again, but Revali can see Medoh's immediate surroundings now instead of the suffocating darkness, so that's something.

Around year 100, something changes. Medoh takes flight again. A sickening purple light now replaces the soft blue Revali is so used to. He can see she's flying again, rather than sitting dead above the village. She attacks any Rito who dare to fly close to her, screeching in a tone that sounds aggressive, but Revali knows she's in pain.

Two Rito keep coming back, despite Medoh attacking, they keep trying to board. The one with darker feathers is shot in the wing. Revali doesn't see if his companion catches him.

When the white feathered Rito returns, he has a Hylian with him, and Revali only knows one Hylian stupid enough to attempt what this one is attempting. Link is alive, somehow.

Link boards Medoh, doing exactly what Revali had dared him to do a century ago. Revali taunts him for taking so long, he has to, otherwise he'd start crying.