Convergence in Profinite Exponentation

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Unfortunately, I have some difficulties understanding the following proof from Profinite Groups (https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-662-04097-3) on page 123.
Let $G$ be a profinite group and $x \in G$. Since profinitely completed integers $\widehat{\mathbb{Z}}= \prod_{p \in \mathbb{P}} \mathbb{Z}_p$ is a free profinite group on $\{1\}$, there is a unique epimorphism

$$ \varphi: \widehat{\mathbb{Z}} \to \overline{\langle x \rangle} $$

such that $\varphi(1) = x$. Given $\lambda \in \widehat{\mathbb{Z}}$, define $x^{\lambda} := \varphi(\lambda)$.
In Lemma 4.1.1 (a) is stated that if $n_1 n_2, ... \in \mathbb{Z}$ is a sequence of integers converging to $\lambda \in \widehat{\mathbb{Z}}$, then

$$ \lim_{i \to \infty} x^{n_i} =x^{\lambda} $$

The book says that this clear since $\widehat{\mathbb{Z}}$ and $\overline{\langle x \rangle}$ are metric spaces.

I not see how the property of beeing metric spaces can effectively applied here to obtain the claimed statement about convergence? Isn't this a question of completedness with respect of underlying topology and not if the two spaces carry a metric or not? Therefore I not understand this argument. Could somebody clarify that point?