I grabbed Katherine’s hand, and we fell into the rush of the crowd. I didn’t know if our attacker was trying to clear the crowd, so they could line up another shot at me, or if they’d given up on the attack and were moving to an escape plan, but in the immediate chaos I didn’t want to take the chance it was the former rather than the latter.
We dodged through the crowd as it surged off the viewing platform and into the cityscape beyond. At first, we were on the broad streets that lead tourists to the lunar viewing stage, but once we were a few streets in, I pulled Katherine along with me as we ducked into a narrow side street.
After a couple more turns down secondary streets, Katherine convinced me to slow a little.
The hole in my coat’s shoulder had already started to mend as the self-
