She'd better. All sorts of farm equipment she could use to repel her if she did try and hurt the cattle.
Pitchforks, sickles, shovels, knives, riding crops, buckets...that last one's probably pretty ineffective but still!
(Fwiw, I might insert stuff like shug, or hun for Malon. She doesn't mean anything by it, it's just a speech quirk that sometimes comes out for her specifically.)
"Keys? Who's lockin' doors in an ancient temple?"
One of Hyrule's biggest mysteries...Malon turns to Linkle, hand on her own hip.
"This place seems real massive though. Wonder what it was for originally...?"
"Gettin' real quiet tonight. Better make sure the barn is secure."
"...you ain't ever catchin' me in that. It is pretty though. Just not my style."