[An image will pop into Ryan and Min's minds of the immediate aftermath - Ryan and Min fall into a wormhole that closes behind them before the Steward can get inside, though it does tap the ground a few times with metal claws.
It scans for signs of them, but nothing appears. The crowd of shoppers who have been watching seem just as perplexed, but before any of them can think to be worried about the Steward, it crouches low to the ground and then leaps in several bounds away from the busy street and out of sight.]
Huh. So...it's not here, but it's still out there. Cool, cool. Uh. Did you ever find the closest lantern?
[That answer is even quicker and more instant than the last. Suddenly they just know the answer - less than a block away, in front of a fancy-looking shoe store a couple doors down from where they are.]
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It scans for signs of them, but nothing appears. The crowd of shoppers who have been watching seem just as perplexed, but before any of them can think to be worried about the Steward, it crouches low to the ground and then leaps in several bounds away from the busy street and out of sight.]
Huh. So...it's not here, but it's still out there. Cool, cool. Uh. Did you ever find the closest lantern?
[That answer is even quicker and more instant than the last. Suddenly they just know the answer - less than a block away, in front of a fancy-looking shoe store a couple doors down from where they are.]