The cheeky remark works wonders, and Zafika looks the smallest bit embarrassed, forcing themselves to look away from the cracks and instead up towards the mountain. "Right, yeah, we still need to figure out what's going on with those doors... I can still lead the way, don't worry. Just need to make sure I don't step on any more cracks, right?"

So, back to hiking the mountain they go, with some idle conversation here and there, but mostly it's silence, and this time it's not awkward, tense silence at all. But after a good moment of silence, Zafika decides to break that.

"Hey, Garrot... what was that question you wanted to ask from me again?" They only glance at him briefly from the corner of their eye, before they look forward again, keeping an eye on the ground. Day three left them with no time to dwell on the deflected question asking, and after a heart attack and some hugging, they're wondering about what he would have asked if the dinner hadn't become little disastrous. "I still owe you that one answer to any question you want to ask, and we have plenty of hiking left to do."