Elissa pushed forward and dropped before she lost her nerve, remembering not to lock her knees upon landing. She hit the smooth stone and landed in a deep crouch. For a split instant before all of her weight came down upon her feet, she felt a spark of triumph at nailing it - but then the heel snapped from her right shoe causing her ankle to give sideways. The snap of the heel and turn of her ankle unbalanced the young woman and she sat down very hard on her overskirt full of stolen trinkets.

Pain! Embarrassingly enough, her right butt cheek hurt even more than her ankle as she flailed around and tried to get back on her feet.

Across the way, the thin, bespectacled man who had been assisting others was watching both Elissa and Lenalee with a mix of awe and exasperation. He began making haste toward the two women.