[ Relieved when the other woman seems to catch wind of what Aerith's up to, she nods at the question, already steering them towards the far edge of the market's main drag, towards a shortcut she's found that leads to the docks. ]

He didn't take anything before I got to you, did he?

[ Once they're out of sight, Aerith does loosen her hold on the strange woman, sticking close to her side after the fact, already familiar enough with the short path to the docks to let her attention linger on the person she'd helped out. ]

Are you from here, or did you walk through that portal too?