Feeling the building shake was not the best experience that Alex had ever felt, even though it was definitely preferable to Zealot coming after them directly. Doing so in a small confined space like this might not exactly be a winning move for them, given that he was doubtlessly a strong close range fighter. They might be pinned in a spot like those. 

Noting the pulse from the Blue Relic, Alex glanced over to his current companion. She definitely had a unique appearance, with an armor style that was one he hadn't really seen before, and a staff that she seemed to have quite a bit of experience with. Tough to, with how quick she was to move after crashing through his roof. And the fact that she was with him now indicated that she at least had some common sense, as opposed to some blind desire to charge to the attack. 

"I'm not," he replied with a shake of his head. "Though you have some good timing. A half hour earlier and I wouldn't have been here." He still had no idea why she had crashed through his roof, but the possibility of her being a bounty hunter seemed a bit unlikely at the moment. It could be that she was just trying to get him away from Stark for that, but she didn't really have the demeanor of a person he would expect for it. 

An eyebrow rose as she seemed to hit the nail on the head, much to his surprise. What were the odds of that? "As it turns out, yes," he confirmed after a moment, though he made no effort to produce the Relic even though he had affirmed her suspicion. "It likes to harass me." That said, he could only focus on what she had said. There were two more of them already? They really were popping out of the woodwork.

Fortunately getting out of here was not that difficult, given how his escape route had been prepared. The passageway they now found themselves in was relatively short, the walls and ceiling wooden and stone like the rest of the building. He quickly strode along to the other end of the passage as he lifted his Tome. Quick jabs would remove the loose mortar from the cracks, releasing the seal that had been present there. A quick push allowed the segment of the wall that had been modified to swing open, admitting them onto the street proper. 

Though they were out of the building, Alex did not take it easy as he began moving. "So, what's your name? Generally people don't just drop out of the sky on me." They had to move fast, but already he was settling back into a confident mindset. Now they just had to get out of here before Zealot brought in any more help.

[@TheWindel][@The 42nd Gecko]