She was right behind him. Garrant landed on the rooftop, rolled away--and kept running, leaving a trail of bright blood spiralling through the air behind him. Blood could't really do that, could it, Kinglet thought as she landed behind him. She'd have to ask him later. She caught her fall and started after him, but her feet slipped and gave way beneath her. She slid back, faster with each heartbeat, until toppling off the roof. When she cried for help none would answer, and so she fell and fell and fell.
Kinglet woke with a start and a muffled yelp. Her right arm shot out, collided with something hard, and her fingers curled into the bark of a tree. She tore at it, but couldn't get a solid enough grip. When she tried to find something to grab with her left hand all she found was air.
Her eyes snapped open. Apparently sleeping in a tree hadn't been the brightest of ideas; the ground that was approaching so rapidly was proof enough.
The thief hit the base of the tree with a dull THUD. Her left shoulder struck damp earth, her hip a root, and her skull bounced against the ground. Somewhere through that she bit her tongue, cursed at the top of her lungs, and let out a whine of dismay.
Once her head stopped spinning the girl rolled on her back and stared up at the oak tree that had given her shelter for the night. She knew she could have just went and rented a room; or taken to that offer of free lodgings. But when she had wandered the village after they had been busted, all Kinglet had been able to think about was that Garrant and that he hadn't come out of this unscathed. She had worried. And when Kinglet worried, she didn't think too straight. So she had hidden the haul at the base of a massive oak, then climbed up said tree, laid down in a massive fork of its branches, and fallen asleep without wanting to.
Morning was approaching now, she realized. Groaning, the girl climbed to her feet. She checked if everything on her was still working as it should, double checked her dagger in her boot, and brushed her hair back with a gloved hand.
Then she turned in a circle, made up her mind, and headed back towards the village at a slow trot. She would clean up and find Garrant. See if he had bled out or not. Probably hadn't. That bastard was tough.