"We'll go there. Quickly. The smoke will keep them from seeing what direction we take." Their footprints will be harder to hide, but they don't have time to worry about that right now. Luckily, the rain will help them there. The prints should wash away into the general mud and muck.

She stares at the hand for just a second, as though bracing herself to take it before she does so. He's right: They shouldn't be separated right now. Together, she has little fear they could outdo the guards. Alone, even her abilities or his might not be enough to take on several at once.