The crunch and grind of stone, the cracking of old wood. The awkward thump of a Hylian-sized body falling a short distance and landing less than gracefully.
āIām okay!ā Wild calls.
Legend stifles a sigh. Wildās not used to conventional dungeons, he reminds himself. Heās even seen one of his shrines - the simple, clear layout, the obvious line of progression, the total lack of anything resembling a booby trap. Itās unfair to expect him to immediately be an expert at spotting tripwires or pitfalls.
Still. This is the third time in an hour.
When he peers over the edge Wild is pouting at the walls - unharmed, as promised, just sulking because the stone is too smooth for him to climb. āNeed a hand?ā Legend calls, only slightly sarcastically.
āNo, but a rope would be nice,ā Wild returns with undue cheer.
At least once he has something to brace himself with he is quick to clamber out. Legend unties the rope from the support pillar heād used while Wild dusts himself off. āYou gotta be more careful, man,ā he says over his shoulder. āNext time we come across one Iāll teach you, the panels look different if -ā
āOh no I saw this one,ā Wild interrupts.
āOkay but itās better to spot them before you fall in -ā
āI did!ā Wild interrupts. āI tripped it on purpose!ā
Legend experiences a moment of complete disbelief. āWhy?!ā
āTo see what it did!ā
āWh- the same thing it did the other three times! Dump you in a pit! Do you really need to experience that more than once?!ā
āWell sure! How do you know it always does the same thing if you donāt check? What if the next one has a treasure chest at the bottom!ā
āWhat if the next one has SPIKES at the bottom?!ā
Wild frowns at him. āDonāt be silly, Legend. That would be dangerous.ā
Legend is going to strangle him. However, if he does it here, he wonāt have any evidence it was justified when he gets back to the others and has to explain where Wild is. They just have to meet up, let Wild present his absolutely asinine thought process, and THEN he can kill him. Twilight might even help.
Having a plan calms him. Just get through the next couple of rooms, the hallways should converge again shortly, and -