The cloaked shape that goes to their knees in the alleyway nearly ends up trod under Rooster's hooves, but Pippa spots them at the last moment and pulls him up sharp. Agitated and afraid, she snaps, "Hey! Get out of the--" but stops short of finishing that sentence.

Some things are too familiar to be forgotten; maybe it's the way the body moves, or the sound of the breathing, even rasping and agonized.

"Agata!" Without thinking, Pippa rushes forward and tries to pull the woman who had been her surrogate mother up to her feet. "Come with me, I'll get you out of the city..!"