More like:
"Okay, that's another ten steps, now I need to turn left and make seventeen medium sized steps. Then I turn right until I see the torch...HEY THERE'S THAT GREEN KID. AFTER HIM!" He then runs after Link, which puts him off his path, and he runs into a wall.
I'd hate to be one of the phantoms that are patrolling in the dark without a light to guide them. I'd probably walk into many, many walls. I don't know how the hell those phantoms see Link running past them in the dark.