[ Checking over his weaponry, is he? Thancred can't blame Geralt, though they're in the Horizon so there's not truly much to worry about. Granted, there's no telling what else might find them in this damnable maze.

The request to not laugh only makes Thancred's mouth twitch with the desire to do so, but he does hold back. Barely. (He'll laugh later, when he relates this story to Himeka.) ]

A rite of passage? Not exactly. I imagine most people from our star have never experienced such a thing, but when you make a habit of delving into booby-trapped dungeons or facing off against mages skilled in transmutation, well...

[ Master Matoya could have turn any one of them into a frog just for giving her the wrong look. To say nothing of Y'shtola's own abilities.

He crosses his arms over his chest as he thinks back, tapping his boot against the damp cobbled floor. ]

We have used it for eavesdropping purposes at least once, however. I wasn't among that group, but I am sorry to have missed it.