“Oof,” Lynnette turned partially as someone roughly bumped into the back of her shoulder-- the man staggered with his back to her as if he had just been pushed. She scarcely had time to look past him to see what the commotion was all about before the arm of a somewhat familiar individual was sent slamming into her collar bone-- quite nearly sweeping her off her feet (and not in a good way). 

She staggered back, her eyes wide in surprise; partially at being so roughly and rudely brushed aside and partially at what he was saying—not because she was upset that he had lied to her (she’d expected as much), but rather because he also seemed to have family who had joined with the Ikana Knights all those years ago. 

“Sir Pike,” she blinked, confused. Her stupor quickly wore off, however, as she remembered how he had just shoved her aside. She pursed her lips and looked him up and down. 

“Well at least you apologized,” she sighed reluctantly. She didn’t quite have it in her to make a huge fuss after just having found out (in an awkward sort of way) that the man was motherless and, now, most likely fatherless. This was about the time she would usually say something like, ‘didn’t your mother ever teach you any manners?’ but that quip would obviously be in bad taste here. She wasn’t really one to talk anyway—her own mother hadn’t taught her much when it came to manners. But either way, she was pretty sure any bum on the street would agree that barreling through people was extremely rude. 

“I don’t see why you’re in such a rush to speak with a closed door,” she glanced up at Mayor Dotour’s office, careful to keep her head down and her hood up—even giving it a reassuring tug forward just to be sure, “I doubt they’re going to have a community forum any time soon… as in ever.

“In fact, this crowd looks pretty on edge. I think I might just leave before things get ugly.” He’d drawn a lot of attention and she didn’t really want to go down as the woman who was with the crazy guy trying to find his father—especially to the Ikana Knights, who were looking their way. She was silent for a moment, subtly staring at the knights with her face turned away.

“You should probably leave, too, you know,” she suggested, turning her gaze back on him. It was honestly quite sad to think his only known family was very likely dead. At least she still had her mother. Feeling sympathetic in spite of his obvious disinterest in her show, she figured it was probably best not stay there if he was still distraught. Not to mention he’d just upset quite a few people and tensions were high enough as it were....