[There's a moment when Sampo's just idly walking the streets, trying to wrap his brain around the idea of Captain Landau not being around to chase him-- is he out on leave? Injured, maybe?-- when he sees a brief flash of blond and white that disappears around a corner. It's exactly the same kind of blond and white that he saw on every chase he'd had through these streets, just the other way around, and it attracts his gaze as surely as a magnet to iron.]
[It might be Gepard, or, maybe, it might just be someone who looks like him. There's always the possibility that he's mistaken, however small. Either way, Sampo can't ignore the retreating figure.]
[He follows, but not the way that Gepard would follow-- Gepard would barge after him like a bull that just caught a glimpse of red, barreling along the path with singleminded focus. Sampo gets up onto the rooftops and follows with a little distance, stalks after the fleeing figure like a serpent hunting after prey. This isn't their usual way of doing things, with Sampo being the pursuer, but there still is a thrill to the chase.]
[With the advantage of height, Sampo can catch sight of his quarry quite quickly, and shadows his steps.]
[Is it him? Is it him? But why would he have fled, if it is? Gepard doesn't run from him-- he always ran towards, usually yelling about arrest warrants.]
[He's so sure that it's him, even though the figure's face is away from him and he can't see it. But he would know Gepard Landau in total darkness, were Gepard mute and Sampo deaf. So why is he running? And where is he going? All questions that Sampo can't leave alone.]
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[It might be Gepard, or, maybe, it might just be someone who looks like him. There's always the possibility that he's mistaken, however small. Either way, Sampo can't ignore the retreating figure.]
[He follows, but not the way that Gepard would follow-- Gepard would barge after him like a bull that just caught a glimpse of red, barreling along the path with singleminded focus. Sampo gets up onto the rooftops and follows with a little distance, stalks after the fleeing figure like a serpent hunting after prey. This isn't their usual way of doing things, with Sampo being the pursuer, but there still is a thrill to the chase.]
[With the advantage of height, Sampo can catch sight of his quarry quite quickly, and shadows his steps.]
[Is it him? Is it him? But why would he have fled, if it is? Gepard doesn't run from him-- he always ran towards, usually yelling about arrest warrants.]
[He's so sure that it's him, even though the figure's face is away from him and he can't see it. But he would know Gepard Landau in total darkness, were Gepard mute and Sampo deaf. So why is he running? And where is he going? All questions that Sampo can't leave alone.]