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.
Legend stifles a sigh. Wild’s not used to conventional dungeons, he reminds himself. He’s even seen one of his shrines - the simple, clear layout, the obvious line of progression, the total lack of anything resembling a booby trap. It’s 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. “Need a hand?” Legend calls, only slightly sarcastically.
“No, but a rope would be nice,” 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 he’d used while Wild dusts himself off. “You gotta be more careful, man,” he says over his shoulder. “Next time we come across one I’ll teach you, the panels look different if -”
“Oh no I saw this one,” Wild interrupts.
“Okay but it’s better to spot them before you fall in -”
“I did!” Wild interrupts again. “I tripped it on purpose!”
Legend experiences a moment of complete disbelief. “Why?!”
“Wh- the same thing it did the other three times! Dump you in a pit! Do you really need to experience that more than once?!”
“Well sure! How do you know it always does the same thing if you don’t check? What if the next one has a treasure chest at the bottom!”
“What if the next one has SPIKES at the bottom?!”
Wild frowns at him. “Don’t be silly, Legend. That would be dangerous.”
Legend is going to strangle him. However, if he does it here, he won’t 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 -
