Vandal nodded at Vi’s response without saying a word, and started to lead the way back to the street. The acrobat was too busy thinking to himself to talk to Vi up until they reached the first intersection. Vandal looked over at Vi once he realized that she hadn’t spoken in awhile and, to his surprise, she looked embarrassed.

“Did something happen?” he asked, stopping next to the pedestrian signal-button as he waited to cross. His sister started to talk, but Vandal could tell by her response that she was nervous about something, even if she wasn’t telling him. [i]Women are so mysterious,[/i] he thought, picturing himself chuckling internally at the thought so as to not act weird externally. 

“You still haven’t answered me,” Vandal commented, repeating himself by saying, “did something happen? You look pretty nervous.” He then paused, but quickly interrupted himself by saying, “Oh, right, it’s school isn’t it? No need to worry, the building may be larger than we thought, but that’s going to make it even more fun to wander around in.” At this, he paused briefly to press the cross signal once again, this time to head straight, and continued soon after by saying, “plus, the theater is only a few minutes away, so if something bad happens, or if we forget something, we can get back to the theater really quickly.”

Vandal got the feeling that his words were wasted, after peeking back at his sister for a moment, but excused the feeling for the success he felt as he saw the sign for the theater hanging down over the sidewalk two blocks to his right. He pressed the turn signal, eager to return to his reading at home, and waited for the cars to stop shuffling along.