They walk with Susan into the main bar, where she freezes in her tracks with a sharp gasp. Cuthbert's glance follows hers across the room, and in the next instant he's moving with all speed. He doesn't even have to look to know that Alain's moving as well, off to the side, keeping canda so that they can't be taken down with a single strike.

"You're going to want to sheathe that blade," he warns as he reaches them, light and easy. "You're breaking the rules, and that kind of thing gets frowned on around here."