<strong>Sabien Theunissen</strong><br/><br/>The pair stand in the alley for a short while as the mortal of the pair studies the area around her, looking occasionally to the vampire.  "Why must you insist on these little tests?"  She asks as she looks about carefully.<br/><br/>"Life is a test, dear one.  A test that far too many fail at, alas.  It is good to hone ones instincts on occasion.  To focus on something beyond the ordinary and push towards something new.  To grow."  She smiles, fangs glinting in the faint streetlight, "it is one of those things that is rather harder once one has died...growing."<br/><br/>After a few moments Tiphanie rocks back on her heels and sighs.  "So...if we're in such a hurry to find this person, why stop and play this game?  Surely you have an answer already..."<br/><br/>"Ah, of course.  But it does little good to just hand someone the answers.  They must know how to go about finding the answers themselves."  With that she gestures towards the building that the woman escaped up.  "Try there."<br/><br/>Given at least a quadrant to work in she was able to narrow down her work and started finding what she was looking for.  Scuff marks on the wall, the slight bending of the drain pipe, and, of course, the damning trail of blood.  Looking up she spotted more blood as things went up.  She nods and looks back to the vampire, "she went up...probably to the roof."<br/><br/>Sabien smiles again, this time without the glint of fangs and nods, "very good.  And from the sounds, I surmise that she slipped from there into the building.  Faintly, but, it did sound liker rather a rough landing.  Now then...do we pursue up the roofs, or shall we take the somewhat more civil route of kicking in the door?"<br/><br/>The laboratory assistant just laughs a bit and gestures towards the door, stepping out of the way.  With a slight nod the vampire paused, slipped out of her heels, handing them to her assistant, then took two steps and struck the door with a solid side kick.