[@Zetsuko] Actually,

[quote=@Game Maker]
Tahra could not believe what was happening, there was now definitely too many people. She looked back over her shoulder towards the window she had jumped out of, the guards were looking out, and trying to figure out what direction she had gone.

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So they were looking out the window, but couldn't find her. Shortly after, the princess and almost everyone else went into the covered wagon. The guards explicitly did not see anything, which is what allowed us to traverse the city briefly without getting caught immediately.

EDIT: Oh, you saw that. Never mind. Carry on.