[They slip into the sewers, quickly enough that those passing on the street likely won't notice anything unusual has happened. If she hesitates, Marcus will push her. They slide through muck and mud and human waste until they come to a sideway in the sewers that is miraculously clean and decently lit through a grate that leads to the street.]
[The children are content enough, although they look a little baffled. When they see Marcus, they don't shrink away; they look at him with something like wonder.]
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[The children are content enough, although they look a little baffled. When they see Marcus, they don't shrink away; they look at him with something like wonder.]
[He stays on the opposite side of the room.]
There.