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Lethe rolled her eyes as the skullkid once again started to noisily rattle off questions. Although she knew it to be in jest (it HAD to be), she was slightly annoyed by the prestigious title Naviela chose to bestow upon the malformed child. The only reason the little imp was in the lead was because of her lantern. 

Sure, Lethe could transform back into her smaller and [i]much[/i] brighter form (brighter than some tainted lantern), but she wouldn't be as useful to the others that way. Not to mention, she didn't exactly trust any of them to have her back just yet. Self preservation was important. She hadn't lived to be over 300 years old by playing in the front lines whenever things got dangerous. Surely that's how Navi the fairy managed to live through helping the Hero of Time... right?

As the light from Jillian's lantern illuminated the way before them, a dead end came into view. Hogarth, however, was nowhere in sight. Instead there was only a wall-- slightly lighter in color to the surrounding brick. Two lit torches glowed on either side of a small red-painted alcove, which housed what appeared to be a human skull. 

As everyone drew near, the top half of the skull rattled and chattered before repeatedly tilting back and away from the jaw bone. In a harsh whisper that sounded much like a man's wrathful dying breath, the decrepit old thing spoke words:

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"[color=beaccb]You hylians sure do love your riddles,[/color]" Lethe sighed as she approached the wall to more closely examine it, "[color=beaccb]Hmm....[/color]" 

She held her palm near one of the torches, furrowing her brow.

"[color=beaccb]There's something strange about this fire,[/color]" she muttered, "[color=beaccb]It doesn't feel very warm.[/color]"

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