[ she's about to respond when the family cuts in front of her, and she definitely isn't the type to try to cut through them, so she takes a quick step back to avoid running into them.
she loses sight of alvin in the commotion, and she can't see him when she takes a moment to look around, either, which... wouldn't be an issue if she was familiar with this part of xian du, or if she knew how to get to the plaza from here. but she doesn't.
she pushes on in spite of that, in hopes of either reaching the plaza or running into alvin again. no dice so far, but he shouldn't be too hard to spot, and xian du can't be that hard to navigate, she figures. ]
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she loses sight of alvin in the commotion, and she can't see him when she takes a moment to look around, either, which... wouldn't be an issue if she was familiar with this part of xian du, or if she knew how to get to the plaza from here. but she doesn't.
she pushes on in spite of that, in hopes of either reaching the plaza or running into alvin again. no dice so far, but he shouldn't be too hard to spot, and xian du can't be that hard to navigate, she figures. ]