[Even as he stares, he knows he's being rude. But he has to stare, genuinely, to make sure he's not going insane. This young woman looks like Zelda in all the ways he can think of, and yet looking at her as a whole, she isn't quite right. All the features are so similar as to be nearly identical, but looking at her as a whole person, she just isn't his Zelda.]
[And yet her name is Zelda? What the fuck is happening.]
I. What?
[Brilliant. Stellar. Amazing. He shakes his head.]
I don't think we have met. I mistook you for someone else. [Who also . . . has her name . . . This is so stupid.] I'm sorry, your name is Zelda? You didn't mishear me?
2elda.
[. . . Wait. No, this isn't right. Is it?]
[Even as he stares, he knows he's being rude. But he has to stare, genuinely, to make sure he's not going insane. This young woman looks like Zelda in all the ways he can think of, and yet looking at her as a whole, she isn't quite right. All the features are so similar as to be nearly identical, but looking at her as a whole person, she just isn't his Zelda.]
[And yet her name is Zelda? What the fuck is happening.]
I. What?
[Brilliant. Stellar. Amazing. He shakes his head.]
I don't think we have met. I mistook you for someone else. [Who also . . . has her name . . . This is so stupid.] I'm sorry, your name is Zelda? You didn't mishear me?