"please open the door. Annie), i can see your shadow moving around."
spider-man: into the spider-verse | accepting
One foot stopped at the window’s stool. The aforementioned shadow adopted a similar, immovable stance. The quimera let out a low warning-growl to the voice from the other side of the door; while his trainer remained half-way to her escape and retained only by her own hesitation. Clearly, Annie hadn’t expected any visits– Especially not from the Kantonian Champion.
The little space that occupied her apartment had been thoroughly cleaned and all that was indispensable had been tucked into the backpack the young woman carried on her back. Had Leaf or anyone else entered the room, it would have been obvious to them that Annie wasn’t planning on staying much longer.
Given her current position as she climbed out from the back window, her getaway wasn’t something she planned to publicly announce either.
Would she happened to give on temptation and open the door to receive Leaf in… Would the champion dissuade her from leaving? Would she keep her from doing so, alerting those in charge of watching over her of her failed attempt? From Annie’s perspective, that wasn’t anything like what Leaf would do. However, she didn’t trust herself to be able to leave if she opened that door and greeted her friend in, in her usual carefree and easy-going way.
Things couldn’t stay the same way. There was no going back. For now.
Annie heaved a silent sigh and signaled her pokémon to step back from the door. Aurel complied, soon after returning willingly into his pokéball on his trainer’s hand. With no more shadows to be waiting for Leaf, she climbed out from the window and away from her home.