[with Thomas]

[no_thief]

[A day or two after this.]

There are five of the liveried guardsmen in the inn now, and two in the stables.

Kaya hid the night in a storeroom bin that used to hold apples, and is now peering through a crack in the wall into the common room and trying to find a way past them.

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[vagrant_malkin]

Thomas makes to stand, grimacing. It's a bit awkward and slow, but he eventually manages to get to his feet with the assistance of the wall of their outcropping.

"I'll have to manage."

[no_thief]

Kaya looks up at him, biting her lip.

"You might be safer," she says in a small voice, "if we went off in different directions."

[vagrant_malkin]

He shakes his head, a stubborn set to his jaw.

"Won't get rid of me that easily, Kid."

[no_thief]

Her mouth trembles again, and she presses it shut.

"Okay."

[vagrant_malkin]

She gets another hug, Thomas squeezing her against his uninjured side affectionately.

"Come on, then. We'll try to lose them in the river again."