The Captain glanced at Natia as she addressed him, but his battle-weathered face didn't shift so much as a hair, and his lips didn't shift.  He brushed past Malcyn, knocking the younger man aside if he was foolish enough to try and block his path.  He kept walking, flanked by a pair of guards as he vanished into a doorway that lead into the manor proper.  A guard came running up behind him to stand guard, blocking anyone from following.<br/><br/>The maid was still in the arms of another guard, and Malcyn was easily able to get up to her.  She was indeed in shock.  She was breathing heavily, her eyes were wide and bright with tears, and she seemed barely able to stand from the way she held bunches of the guard's tunic.<br/><br/>With a bit of effort Vi was able to pull herself up onto a railing that ran along the edge of the courtyard and manor.  It was wide and well built, easy to walk on and easy to support her weight, though her sudden action surely caught the attention of the crowd that was watching the scene like some sort of play.  A bit of a run and Vi was able to get into the manor near where the Captain had been heading.  She could hear them, somewhere ahead of her and to the right at a T-junction.<br/><br/>"Who was in there with them?"  The Captain demanded of some unseen subject.<br/><br/>"No one!"<br/><br/>"Someone bloody was!"<br/><br/>The voices faded as Vi heard multiple sets of footsteps heading away.