"I meant from inside the shop, but—"

He checks the door. Yup, it's locked.

"Okay, here we go."

He enters the alley and finds a dumpster for them to hide behind. He gestures for her to go behind it ahead of him the next time she looks at him.

"I can definitely do a cat. Or a dog."

The line of soldiers was advancing ever closer to the building. The sound of their marching feet was dominating everything now. Every now and then he could hear a robotic voice giving orders and others responding, always with a 'roger roger.'

"This is about to be it, I think," he said grimly.