Link being bested in a battle with a Lynel was practically unheard of! The Hero of Hyrule? Zelda's knight? Fallen to any kind of beast?

But here he was on the ground, groping for his sword as he tried to stem the flow of warm blood from his temple. The creature snarled and reared above him, stamping its heavy hooves into the ground, preparing to charge him. Its blade glinted wickedly.

Just as he was about to start praying to Hylia (and most likely greeting her in about twenty seconds) he heard the beast yelp and whirl around to reveal someone-- a very scruffy someone-- on its back, yanking at its mane with one of your arms around its broad neck.

"...?" He blinked blood out of his eye. Was he seeing this right? This... raggedy-looking adventurer with too many layers and too little muscle, putting a Lynel in a headlock and... taming it? Or attempting to, anyway. And it seemed to be working. He'd have never guessed it.