He conjured a staff out of thin air, a cloak to match, and then just took off sprinting, so I followed.
As we dashed down the mountains and through the treelines of the elusive thin forest covering the base of said mountain, Pearl triggered one of my pet peeve.
The problem? His sprint speed was just below mine. I could outpace him easily with all my speed & attack-focused gears, so I can't sprint because I'll just go in front of him and trip his shoes.
But if I slowed to a jog, I'd fall behind so far and he'll turn away to a blindspot, so what ended up happening was the worst rhythm possible… Sprint, jog, walk, sprint again, jog, walk, sprint… Just like those god-awful escort missions in games where this EXACT thing happen.
But before long, the trees thinned out and the air changed. The dungeon was here.
It wasn't a cave, not some obvious glowing portal either, it was quite low-key, persumably only found for those actually seeks it, via quest or map or word of mouth.
