I don't think there are words to describe my emotions for this incredible piece you've written and deigned to grace us with, this and all the poignancy and mirth it held for me. I know that it comes from my deep, 16 years deepening love for these two universes and heroes, and even as I laughed and smiled I felt the pull of sadness for the bygone days, when these things were first introduced to me; the days when everything - music, literature, movies, video games - had so much more of a life, a soul, than even nature itself seems to now. The spirit has left so much of the world we live in, and I have ever wished to be transported to another time or place, somewhere that I could feel passion again without feeling as though I am forcing the vibrancy of life into the world, knowing it will only fade like the setting of the sun. By the time I had reached the the end of your work, that feeling had dissipated. Though only for a moment, I had made it there. You had taken me.

Now that I've spent ten minutes waxing poetic, though, I have to tell you in plain(er) English how much I love this. There was so much emotion while I was reading; in terms of the adventure genre, this hands-down has the best intro ever. It took me longer than I like to admit to understand what was going on. I'm actually quite ashamed that I let Crono's theories of Zealian relation take my mind away from what was right in front of me, but I didn't realize just who he was palling around with until you/Crono referred to him as 'Green', and then it hit me like a ton of bricks; the entire set-up scene replayed through my mind's eye with the Lost Woods in place of the forest my imagination had conjured up for me, the Wolfos taking their rightful place in the Sacred Forest Meadow, and...! *sighs in a satisfied manner* It was absolutely amazing. And I utterly adored the scenes of Link and Crono bonding (can I even find words to say how hard the stealthy lizard made me laugh? No, I can't XD), and of course, I've spent so much of my life playing these games that I can hear not only the music in my mind when it's mentioned, but the sound effects for each respective attack and item. I almost laughed myself out if my chair at the realization that I was mentally replicating the Luminaire sound effect when I read the word.

All in all, reading this was just a wonderful experience for me, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for writing and sharing it. This is absolutely magnificent. (And so was Magus' plotting to set the woods on fire to spite the bugs XD I love that so much. One of the best line ever.)

What? That's it? Please write more! Seriously though. Why don't you make a Zelda/Chrono Crossover where Chrono will be forced to use the ocarina as some kind of supernatural force connects the worlds together.

Maybe eventually Link will travel to Guardia and learn of their adventures like the fight against the dragon tank! (My favorite boss) or see the End Of Time.

In other words: Please don't quit this! *whispers under breath* I hope my efforts were not in vain.

Ayla hearing the review says: Writer no quit!

Marle says: "More story pleeeeeeeeeeeese!" *jumping up and down like she is on steroids*

Chrono ...(Poor Chrono) :(

Lucca: "This story requires careful calulations and advanced studying on the physics of avoiding Mary Sues as well as making boring characters. Now to not make a boring character we need to"...*everyone ignores her as she rambles on about the technical stuff on being a good writer)

Magus: "You definitely have this story up there on my worthyness list. Finish at once I order!"

Frog: "YOUR worthyness sir?" *Magus looks at Frog feign a hurt expression and then glares in a volcanic way* Frog continues blissfully unaware of Magus reaching towards his weapon: "You don't know the meaning of the word *worthyness*. Your nothing but a foul two legged"...(Magus unsheaths his Doomsickle and advances towards Frog and Lucca finally noticing the commotion yells. "EVERYBODY STOP AT ONCE!."

*Nobody dares to even breathe including the author who wrote this story since we all know what happens when you cross Lucca"

Frog attempts to cut the awakward silence after a few tense moments. "Ahem!" "Thou would be wise to explore thou's creative endeavor talents in literature works." Magus: :o *scratches head*

Robo: "You are a very talented writer though there is a few confusing parts that need cleared up back when Chrono was sneaking past me."

Tetra says: 'Thanks author for writing this wonderful fic despite the confusion Robo said'.

Aw, you make me want to play CT, even though I haven't touched it in over 6 years, and the characters were so vivid when you described them: oh nostalgia!

I never thought of Crono and Link as mute, protagonists are often given the player's mental voice but here it fit wonderfully.

*Digs around for the CT disk* This may take a while, wish me luck!

*bitting my fist hard enough to draw blood in an failing attempt not to scream like a 'fangirl'*

chrono an link (as brothers) most awesome thing..EVER!

i was literally having issues breathing i was so excited as soon as i saw the ice arrow hit the white wolf (big link addict so first thing that came to mind) all the way up until the end!

an hearing chrono trying to talk after so long..KYUTE! _

though it was fun "watching" the two silent heroes talk, its funny to see that some signs are universal about troublesome girls

xD

PLEASE DONT LET THIS "JUST" BE A ONE-SHOT! CONTINUE! T_T PLEASE!

this was so COOL! I feel ashamed though, I didn't realize who the heck the green fighter was until you said his name! -beats self upside the head- You did a good description and it never crossed my mind that you were describing the Hero of Time!

Crossover of CT and LoZ? Very good idea.

Why did Chrono call himself the god of time?

This was simply gorgeous. Wish I could critique it, but it's just too good. Though I will say I adore the characterisation of the two without detracting from the silent protagonist feeling. Man, have to read more from you.

I never knew the origin of Chronos' name. I still don't get it ;

... And I just read your author page. You wrote 'Sight the King'? I stalked that over at Yami_no_Hikari :3

I loved this! I never thought about a crossover between the two and yours was stunning.

YaSakura

he felt his memory shift when she'd lain down.

[A unique idea I don’t think has been (heavily) used in Chrono Trigger fics. Most don’t really touch on this at all.]

Marle said the only noise Crono ever made was the sound of his hair growing, or his skin splitting open when cut, or blinking.

[You’ll pardon me for saying that those things (except for blinking) are...in the colloquialism...gross. I would’ve figured that saying ‘the only sound he made was blinking’ would be enough. Personally, I prefer the idea of stepping away from the “mute hero” thing, which is why I like Ratchet (from Ratchet & Clank) better than Link (from Ocarina of Time). He talks and has a personality. I know that the “mute hero” thing is intended to reach a wider audience by allowing each person to decide ‘this is Link, and since there isn’t evidence to the contrary I’m right’, but it’s just so virtually impossible to make it work in a deeper narrative.]

Lucca had nearly fallen asleep in the fire, but that was normal for her.

[I suppose being a Mars Adept...er, fire affinity would. I never really thought about that before, actually.]

Robo, with its mechanical joints and gears, could never be silent like an animal,

[Perhaps that’s true, though I don’t remember seeing many gears and I always pictured him as being driven by hydraulics and perhaps electroactive polymers (synthetic muscles), though there is a quaint sort of idea of him having literal gears whirling inside that transistor circuits or superconductor boards just don’t have.]

even without its steam-press-hiss of movement,

[I loved that short-and-sweet yet surprisingly clear and descriptive way of describing the often-used steam-machine actuators.]

Robo had a bit of a crush on the woman who'd repaired him,

[I forget what the predilection is called, but among humans it’s got a lot of names. All of them refer to a sort of infatuation/love for the people who heal you and save your life.]

I always forget that your human minds erase themselves so easily, without the proper command prompt."

[Though, since Prometheus/Robo also wasn’t isolated from the divergent time stream, wouldn’t his memories also be altered? It’s a lot easier to change the data on a computer whether it’s using ionized magnetic plates or holographic storage, but the millions of chemicals and minute alterations of brain cell position, shape, distortion, etc. Actually, human minds don’t erase themselves that easily. We’re just prone not to remember things exactly as they happened because memories aren’t a precise snapshot, different parts are saved in different places and when we “remember” we make an amalgamation of what we think we perceived. It makes psychology an absolutely fascinating subject.]

like a glimpse into the soul of a fire or the stomach of a volcano.

[I liked the reference to ‘soul of a fire’, but ‘stomach of a volcano’ just doesn’t have a poetic touch like ‘bowels of a volcano’ would. Even though technically ‘bowels’ means...nevermind. It just shows up more in poetry.]

they had grown so wild and dense without Robo's even minimal regulation of their growth.

[I think that the ‘even’ is superfluous, the sentence and flow does quite well without it.]

Then again, she did have the lowest stake in their quest.

[An interesting observation, but one that I think by canon is relatively true. The others come from a fluid future and any change in her time might wipe all of them from existence – if she could even understand that.]

The thought about the Zeals, though - there might be something to that. With his luck, Crono had probably only jumped ahead a couple decades in time, and was meeting Marle's son:

[Possible problem: didn’t the canon indicate that Marle’s bloodline passed through the Earthbound Ones instead of the Zeals?]

but the small iron device did appear to operate on the same mechanics.

[Gunpowder, explosives, or electromagnetics? I thought it worked with gears and chains.]

as the metal arrowhead released hooks within the branch to solidify its grip.

[Wouldn’t ‘embedded’ imply that it grips, as opposed to ‘release’ to give up?]

Crono flushed with embarrassment, but Green just took back the arrow-chain with a shrug.

[I can just see Link with the clawshots: “Whe!”]

Of course, since it was solely gesticulation, a more direct translation would have been "I walk sunset," but Crono was willing to bet his more idiomatic interpretation was what Link was trying to convey.

[As I said above, normally I don’t go for the ‘mute hero’ thing, but the means of communication and the ponderance on the possible dialects and interpretations of sign language is well done and doesn’t leave them seeming stupid, which is something that annoys me in non-parodies.]

at Crono's imitation of a stealthy lizard,

[I’d almost pay money to see somebody pantomime a stealthy lizard.]

Link went a bit cross-eyed and started clawing at Crono's arm like a lost dog, and Crono's red-faced silent tirades ended with pouts and batted eyelashes.

[I understood most of their exchange, but I didn’t get this part. What’s Link clawing Chrono for?]

It wasn't that Link didn't have magic - he showed off the power of his ice arrows, and his Goddess Fire -

[And it could be argued that the “ki whirl” or whatever you want to call his sword-spin is also a magic attack. I would.]

and hopefully Crono's by extension if she said yes when all this was over

[Something that I don’t think would be difficult, given how she flings herself on him at the peak of the poorly-named Death Mountain.]

they would probably refuse to on sheer principle:

[Damn straight.]

shouting something to Magus about not setting the place on fire to spite the insects.

[The level of banter that you’ve added to the characters gives them a far greater level of depth, and despite the small and simple means you use, I think it’s very well done.]

That was an interesting experience. Most crossovers that I’ve read could easily be fit into one of two categories: bad beginning author unable to make up her mind, or parody making fun of many. Yours fits into neither, instead exploring both worlds in a serious sense, and it was quite an enjoyable read.

God bless and happy writing,

Ganheim

I love your interpretation and understanding of Crono's character. It must have been hard, seeing as Crono is the most poorly developed character in Chrono Trigger. Oh well. What's up with the mark scattered throughout the story anyway? Is it something to do with what prgram you used to type up your story?

Great job, anyway. Loved the descriptions. Faved!

*squees so loud she cracks the windows* Oh my -stars- this is -perfect-! *wibblesquibbledance* Link and Chrono and adventures and duets and a theory about Chrono's silence and just-e!

Ahem. In other words, Love.

Our two silent heroes!

I'm actually not that familiar with Chrono Trigger, although I am familiar with its sequel (and its own silent hero). I loved how despite the relavance of all the references to game events, this story was still easy to read; I didn't feel lost, since you explained all the really pertinent points of the game.

I like the interpretation that Link is an actual mute. Poor Link!

Very nicely done, with lots of description. I especially enjoyed the part where Link and Chrono exchanged stories through pantomime. Ha!