<span style="font-family:Palanquin">Sly didn’t seem quite as determined to look behind them and see who and how many people were pursuing them. She wasn’t sure if the details of their pursuers really mattered at that point, either, so she wasn’t sure why she kept taking survey of them at all. Actually, though, she knew why she kept watching. She was making sure no one else was joining the chase, no one who happened to be more than human. Jinora wasn’t the only agent who they had been controlling although, as far as she knew, she was the only one in Chicago. They could change that, though. She knew it just as well as they did, and she really wasn’t sure how fast it could happen. <br/>
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Trying to plan for the inevitability of getting caught sooner or later meant that Jinora was completely caught off guard when her companion’s voice resounded quite suddenly. All she could really do was nod because it didn’t seem like the kind of thing she could say no to in the first place. Beyond that, she wasn’t sure she even heard the whole thing and she also didn’t think there was time to ask him to repeat it. All she could do was follow along. <br/>
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What wound up happening, though, was even more surprising and after Sly had spoken - or rather screamed at - the cop, she remained frozen for a minute in simple shock. It wasn’t something even she would’ve accused them of, but… the more she thought about it. Well, there were multiple things that went along with that statement. The more she thought about it, the more it made sense. The more she thought about it, the less time they had. The more she thought about it, the more the cop began to suspect sly of lying. Jinora heard something that wound up snapping her out of her stupor, though. <br/>
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<span class="fixed-color" style="color:forestgreen"><b>“There’s the girl! We’ll catch her and she’ll never have more than a leash of freedom again!”</b></span> There was an arousal of agreement from their other pursuers and Jinora’s face was panicked. <br/>
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Then she nodded to the cop. “They’ve kept me captive for decades,” she cried out. “You can’t even imagine everything they’ve done!” That would more or less confirm Sly’s lie. Jinora herself wasn’t technically lying at all, though. It was an interesting way for things to play out, and it worked. <br/>
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Jinora took off running again, pulling Sly behind her and the two of them could only hope that their plan worked. She didn’t look behind her again at all this time, but that didn’t mean she wasn’t watching the situation closely. The cop was getting in the way of their pursuers, but their pursuers weren’t completely pathetic either. She wasn’t sure who would win. It could only buy them time. Meanwhile, Jinora was looking for other things as well - most importantly, bus passes. She found a group of people certain to have them and tugged Sly in that direction. “Excuse me!” she yelled as she dragged him through a tight crowd and as Jinora wove through it, she managed to slip her hands onto a purse and pull it off of an unsuspecting woman’s shoulder. <br/>
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She didn’t stop running afterwards, either. Jinora kept running until she actually saw a bus and then she chased after it until it stopped, bringing Sly on board with her. The pass was in the purse and the two of them were on their way. To where? Jinora didn’t even know. They would be free for the time being, though. <br/>
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After catching her breath, Jinora finally managed to thank him and she wondered what he might have to say.</span>