No, he... really didn't have a sense of curiosity. Or, he did, but he had just gotten too good at malnourishing it. Honestly, if Link met up with almost any other troll, they would probably be happy to indulge in his 'curiosity'... but Equius kind of sucks at being a troll. "Um, I don't know. What about something... not destructive? Is that alright?"
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