$item->url not retrieving url in custom walker?

figured it out – in case anyone else stumbles upon this with a similar question:

The proper walker to extend is Walker_Page, not Walker_Nav_Menu.

Walker_page is located in /wp-includes/post-template.php (line 978).

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