Luckily for Aleksei, Athessa isn't trying to pick his pockets.

Unluckily, she's not planning to let him just walk away. So she smiles and releases his arm and turns as if to continue on, but stops.

"Oh dear," she says, sotto voce. The intersection has four inlets, two of which they had each emerged from for their collision, and two leading to wherever, away from here. But for Athessa's purposes, she looks around at the buildings first, then the pathways, then back the way she came. (If only Bastien could see this performance.)

"Shit," And at that, she covers her mouth with her fingers, as if she's not supposed to swear. "If I've gotten myself lost again..."