Sylvia did not like the idea of going with these guys alone to anywhere. She answered the guards, keeping up the appearance of someone who is cooperating, "As much as I would like to go with you, I'm afraid I have an appointment to keep. But I can give you a witness statement right here, or I can meet up with you again later today to give you that witness statement," She hoped that the two cooperative suggestions she gave them would put them at ease and make them not try to push her to going with them. She also quietly hoped that her friends were on their way to Aisha with the gangsters in tow while she was distracting the Lightning Company. Plus, if the Lightning Company tried to drag her off, she might have the witnessing passerbys attest to her willingness to cooperate.