"Okay," Link says, nodding. Gladio had given a similar impression. But there were still the scientists to find, and see if they could use Link's help. Or perhaps some other secret to find, that no one had stumbled across just yet.

Either way, Link didn't have any more questions he particularly wanted to ask. This conversation had - at least from Link's perspective - already gone on a while. And he wanted to go look at some of the things he'd seen while climbing the building.

So he looks at her. Says, "Bye." And then starts to wander off, nevermind that utterly abrupt ending to the conversation.