“Ack! Hey that’s my face!” Link retorted, feeling someone’s grubby hands smear his cheeks. Geez, what was this guy’s problem!? He then gripped onto both sides of the crack with firm hands and used his strength to push himself upright. The young hero, with all his training as a blacksmith, had no problem sticking his head upright despite the Repairman’s efforts.

“Will you get off of me already!?”

Link huffed in annoyance, glaring down at the other small being before him. He seemed so… harmless. Was the cause of the noise so late at night really just a poe? Well, annoyances aside, it didn’t want to harm him. Otherwise it would have by now. And it was smart enough to talk. 

“Ugh just… Listen, buddy. I’ve got a friend who’s been falling asleep in the middle of sermons because something is making noise outside of her room at night and scaring her to death. I don’t suppose you’ve got some kinda explanation for that, do you?” 

He peeked inside the crack, or at least attempted to. It was small and could barely fit his head in… He’s traveled through many cracks and wanted to know what was so bad about this one.

“What is this anyways? This doesn’t look like Lorule… At least not a part I’ve seen. What kind of poe talks and travels to weird places like this?”

The Repairman noticed this Link grabbing at the break. His eyes widened.

“Nonononono–”

But it was too late. The hero righted himself right on the Wall, and the inkblot could do nothing but slide off.

“Now–” he began, but apparently Link had other things on his mind.

“Hey,” he said, putting his hands up defensively, “Sorry if I woke your friend up, but I was only here tonight. I don’t know what’s been scaring her!”

He winced as Link poked his head into the fault, but realized there was little point in pulling him out.

“Please…get out of there,” he begged. “It’s…it’s not Low Rule…the crack’s not supposed to be there…”

He could see that the crack was rapidly worsening as the hero kept his head in there.

Even if there was no point, he had to try to pull him out. Who knew what would happen if he was left unchecked? Who knew what horrors Link was seeing right now…?