[@Levythelevy] At the sound of the voice, the hand clenched a little tighter around the youth's own form of 'insurance'. As expected, or half-expected at the least, someone was around to answer back. Those footsteps hadn't been a sign of safety at all. [color=fff79a]"I could offer you the same reprimand. As my current attempted kidnapper, you're far more suspicious than I."[/color] Their own voice never changed from its near-whispered tone, just as it never did. [color=fff79a]"And so, I would ask similarly of you before you receive any answer of mine. Why would you take a bag not belonging to you? Especially one containing a trapped child? That's rather an unpleasant setup in itself."[/color]