Outside, the two guards stationed inside the gate had their spears down, and were watching warily for any escapees' approach. "You two," Artorius snapped, drawing their immediate, startled attention. "Protect the people inside this building." Then he turned, casting the two from his mind immediately as he set off to the northeast. The screaming had started, screaming and yelling, and that fact alone urged him from a steady walk to an all-out sprint, the heavy cloak snapping in the air of his passing.
