Link barks when he feels the Soldier partially land on top of him, but then he's hauled back and has enough room to put his paws under himself again.

He bristles and snarls around the lantern handle, not at the Soldier, but at the water, the night sky, the ice, the red light in his jaws, this entire situation...

Good. Got that out of his system.

He walks close to the Soldier's legs now, just to make sure the same thing doesn't happen to someone with two legs.