Current status:
Found myself doing another search and rescue in Gerudo Canyon (BotW had one too) and managed to drop a Blue-White Frox, just not the one I wish I’d gone after, in hindsight. Should’ve targeted the one with a Lightroot nearby…
Maxed out my Energy Cell (I think) and found myself regretting challenging a King Gleeok, especially one in the frickin’ Depths.
Seriously, what the fuck was I thinking? Going after a Gloomy one when a non-Gloomy one kept bodying me for low Defense and the Flame Gleeok I did defeat required me to have Heat protection just in case it decided to turn up the heat!
Slightly related: I am never going after a Frost Gleeok. Desperation move is bullshit. The other two were at least easy to evade.
Ended my session while exploring the Royal Escape Tunnel, got the Soldier’s Greaves & Helmet. Managed to notice a Stalnox was buried under a rock pile in time to avoid activating it, and now I just need to reach the Hyrule Castle Chasm to end the romp.