She snickered to herself when she saw him do that. Leave it to him to misunderstand that of all things! But she figured he was just letting himself get distracted by this odd mission of his.

The side street was deserted, or nearly deserted as there was one person just rounding the corner ahead of them. Everybody else in town were sticking to the main streets. "So what sort of creature are we looking for, you think? One that encourages people to spend more on their credit cards than they're--ohhh!" she moaned after stepping into a dirty, slushy puddle she hadn't noticed. She could feel the cold creeping into her boots.