What Is Going On?

Sparrow only briefly saw Lillianna's reaction before she ditched. She looked around. Was she checking to make sure no one else was in sight? She couldn't do something like... whatever she was planning inside the pack! She would be caught! Did she really think she could get away with anything she did now? Had she become daring enough to try something in the pack? Maybe she could, Sparrow thought. She had gotten away with so much already. Lillianna could probably say she found Sparrow body pre-mangled and her father and Lark would just accept it.

No! They couldn't! She couldn't! What was she thinking?

Sparrow had already been running. She was already winded. She was shorter. Lillianna called out to her, but Sparrow could barely hear her past her heartbeat and breathing. She knew Lillianna told her to stop running. Like hell.

"You first!"

Sparrow tried to use her height- or lack thereof- to avoid the taller woman. She ducked and weaved, looking for any narrow passage that might elude the other woman.

"Stop chasing me and I'll stop running!"

At least eventually.