It was indeed not the time for jokes, but Soh huffed a relieved laugh anyway. "Thank you," she said softly. "For... whatever you did." She wasn't about to ask too many questions, not when whatever Mateo had done had saved her from becoming a murderer.
Soh flinched when Mateo slung an arm carelessly around her, flashing back to the moment the man in the alley reached for her, but she swallowed hard and forced herself to march forward, struggling to keep pace with Mateo around her ruined skirts. The sound of angry shouts from the alley behind them both relieved and frightened her, and she hurried down the narrow lane beside Mateo without delay. "O-okay," she stammered, still a bit in shock, but slowly falling from the high of adrenaline she'd experienced during the fight.
Soh flinched when Mateo slung an arm carelessly around her, flashing back to the moment the man in the alley reached for her, but she swallowed hard and forced herself to march forward, struggling to keep pace with Mateo around her ruined skirts. The sound of angry shouts from the alley behind them both relieved and frightened her, and she hurried down the narrow lane beside Mateo without delay. "O-okay," she stammered, still a bit in shock, but slowly falling from the high of adrenaline she'd experienced during the fight.
