Sensing the imminent opportunity to end the chase, Valdaris makes a split-second decision to intercept her at the crates before she can make the climb; though he can only watch in disbelief as she takes the other option.<br/><br/>“Curse that woman!” He growls in frustrated Orcish, knowing that the tricky manoeuvre may have gained her the valuable seconds she needed to escape and that attempting to pursue her through the crowd would be fraught with difficulty. Without losing momentum, he takes his chances once again and leaps onto the crates in a display of sheer athleticism [Nat 20 + 5 = 25] in an attempt to seize the higher ground and potentially cut off her escape route from above.