[Mipha you can't just pull out a line like that when he's teasing??? It causes his own expression to falter, the grip of his arm holding her up to tighten ever so slightly--]

[But the shift in scenery isn't really going to give him a chance to respond. Instead, he directs them down to what appears to be the main entrance to the domain, setting her back down carefully as his familiar returns to a normal bat-like form and perches on his shoulder.]

...it truly is impressive, even from down here. [Ruta, he means, his gaze likewise pointed at the mecha and the mysterious beam of light it appears to be projecting.] Do you suppose we've simply been taken to a different memory, then? That would explain the shift in time.