[Kaede could have followed on the ground--if she wanted to hear screaming and cursing and people scrambling out of the way because a Chimera with sharp pointy antlers was barreling down the sidewalk. Which she did consider. But she'd probably run into at least one person or get a trailing scarf tangled in her antlers, or crash into an apple cart. And that would be dreadfully inconvenient.
Instead, the Chimera had ponderously fluttered up to the rooftops and followed that way, scrambling over tile and cast iron decoration alike. These long arms made dropping to four feet easy enough, and she had little trouble keeping pace with the bright blue dog below. Her passing didn't go unremarked upon, but as long as she kept moving too fast to be scolded Kaede didn't care much.
Getting ahead of that ambulatory radish was harder; it seemed to be aware it was being followed from above, and liked to duck through stacked barrels or under vendors' stalls where Kaede couldn't see precisely. This time it had darted into a narrow alley, one that was dimly lit and cluttered. The Chimera could still see fine, though Akko might blunder into the obstacles ahead.]
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Instead, the Chimera had ponderously fluttered up to the rooftops and followed that way, scrambling over tile and cast iron decoration alike. These long arms made dropping to four feet easy enough, and she had little trouble keeping pace with the bright blue dog below. Her passing didn't go unremarked upon, but as long as she kept moving too fast to be scolded Kaede didn't care much.
Getting ahead of that ambulatory radish was harder; it seemed to be aware it was being followed from above, and liked to duck through stacked barrels or under vendors' stalls where Kaede couldn't see precisely. This time it had darted into a narrow alley, one that was dimly lit and cluttered. The Chimera could still see fine, though Akko might blunder into the obstacles ahead.]
There's a fence ahead of you!