She didn't acknowledge his comments and just kept watch, looking around the street as they advanced. She saw several shadows detach themselves from a side alley and enter the main stream of people. She got close to the other girl, "Be right back, we have company, keep guarding him." She blended away and headed into an alley, blending in till they passed. Then she shadowed them, moving in close to them before stabbing them in the back and dumping them quietly into the alleys, taking anything that might identify them. After a couple minutes of working, she glided back behind master and nodded. "Company is gone."