Malon would show up and be more involved in the story at some point, yeah. I have this idea for a whole backstory, regarding her homelife in the farming district of Ordon, the disappearance of her mother, Cremia, and how she eventually left to go work in a more urban region.

Dunno what shipping there'd be. ^^; I'm actually terrible at romance, so mostly there'd just be friendship and adventure, that sort of thing.