One of the best moments in OoT imo is when you see Saria again as an adult but she's still a child, and it really sinks in that Link's childhood is over and he's become permanently estranged from the only family he ever knew
Do people really not think a massive part of the hero of Time’s character was loneliness? He went through hell, had to forget every bond he made on his adventure and was sent back to his childhood, and immediately after lost the only living being that experienced it all with him.