Alright, here's an edit that attempts to work with the lighting better. It's not done(still can't figure out how to get his sword in there), but it's something.
I'm a bit sad that I had to go this direction as I really wanted Link to be unaware, but I don't think I could have portrayed him right with no lighting, nor get his facial expression correct with such a small resolution to work with. It's one of those scenarios that are probably best done animated to build up the suspense.
Deceased, that is a nice edit though... I wonder if I could work with that... hmm(though chances are I'd still redo it as I like the suggestion to have him looking around. Though I actually originally wanted to do that but without animation I didn't want to make it seem like Link was aware of anything by making it look like he was about to look behind him).