I think you'll agree that this is the only possible explanation.
Ben Finn collapsed onto the cold sand, breathing in the musty cave air heavily. It had been hard, true. It was also possibly the most insane thing he'd done, and that was saying something; Ben had done many insane things in his time. Why, just two years ago there had been that exceptionally beautiful woman who turned out to be a balverine... no, this wasn't the time. Ben had a task to do.
He had infiltrated the hidden valley, fought his way past thousands of metal shadow chickens, killed a guardian, activated the flitswitch on the outside doorway, worked out the flame colour code, and finally reached his destination. Ignoring the gold key shimmering in the distance, Ben walked up to one of the secret entrances and removed a large garden gnome from his bag. Setting it on a convenient piece of rubble, he backed away and admired his handiwork.
'Do you know what I like about people? Sometimes they die.'
Ben grinned. This is really gonna mess up a friend of mine.