"Maybe." Not the most comforting thing to say, but really she didn't have any more information. "How else are you going to know if you don't try?" A mantra she absolutely hated hearing, but it was still the truth. And really of the girl kept going until she fell off whose fault was that?

But that noise was what drew her attention away as she turned toward the alley to look for the source. She couldn't see anything for certain, but she was almost positive nothing had been there before. Was that part of the place? Was she being hunted after all? Too many questions and not enough answers.

Silently, she raised her hand and a sphere of red energy sparked to life above it, a twist and it split into three, a flick of her fingers and they floated toward the sound. Maybe it would illuminate something.