"Thank you." She accepted the coat and slid her arms into it one by one.

She patted her pocket to make sure she had a key to get back into the house, then opened the door. A gust of cold wind breezed in. Hinamori pulled her coat tighter around herself and started out.

Once they were out of the neighborhood, she figured it was an appropriate time to start going faster. Her shunpo would be hardly a match for his, she thought a little guiltily. Hinamori felt bad that he would probably have to keep pace with her, when he could easily have made much better time. But that was what it was, and she couldn't change it. Glancing behind to make eye contact and be sure he was ready, she led the way, since she was the one who knew how to get there, having studied the map copiously ahead of time to make sure she didn't get lost.