Thief 10
I appreciate that Isidro’s dialogue gets very spare and minimal when he’s focused on fleeing in this page and the last. There’s a time to think and there’s a time to run.
Maybe it’s a bit redundant for Rana and Yalaria to cut at the rope, but what’s sometimes more important than pure efficiency is for couples to do these things together.
Hey, it could’ve been worse, Isidro: you could’ve landed directly on the merchandise.
Being Avians I would have expected them to just fly down and be waiting on the ground for him by the time he got to the end of the rope.
Interesting that they were willing to let the egg fall with him. And oop, looks like he’s dead!
While he’s broken his back, it seems the Egg of Reggeneration is going to fix that.
They may not know he has it. No alarm has been sounded. They may not see the glow, or may not know the source if they see it.
Rana and Yalaria are more than just a couple: They’re professionals. For the effect they were going for, they would to need to cut the rope, while it was still loose, so that he would fall with his full weight on the ground. There was no time to waste confirming the other was making this move, and they improved their chances by cutting at it as quickly and as often as possible. Kind of like how SWAT snipers work with two rifle teams firing at the same time, it improves the odds of one of them hitting the target. And the two of them are so close, they know the other wouldn’t expect anything less from them.
Dumbass… A good thief only runs after they’ve been spotted, not after obtaining the loot. Only exception to this is when booby traps are/could be in play, ie shiny on pedestal in temple. Running makes noise and attracts evolutionary responses from viewers who couldn’t quite make someone out in the distance/dark, ie the tiger you thought was in the rustling jungle grass didn’t even exist, but better somewhat/slightly paranoid than fresh kibble.
And yes, the egg glows, but if you move slow enough when far enough it may seem like it’s not moving at all, like a distant campfire that’s actually a torch.
That would seem to apply when everyone around you is the same race you are and you can blend in. Does it make a difference when you’re a different species and you stand out just by being there at all?