The snap against his belt made Janius shoot his gaze down and back. He took barely half a second to process it all. The next second was a lunge to try and grab the man, missing him by a hair. In Janius' stumble, Julan acted. Janius was just out of reach to stop the thief from striking Julan, but the delay allowed Janius to exact retribution.

"Hey!" Janius barked furiously. He raised both hands, roughly ceased the thief by the shoulder and arm, and kicked his ankles from the side to trip him to the ground. Janius knelt down as he fell, twisting his arm and pinning him with his hands. "How dare you touch my son! Guards!"

By this point, the crowd had made space for the altercation before them. While Janius was normally the more level-headed member of the pack, seeing Julan hit across the face had brought him to a red-faced rage.