[There's no more time. If he takes a moment even to shoot down the voice, he'll draw unwanted attention with his own. (Saying all that, who's to say that she won't cry out, herself?) The best course of action is to leave as quickly as possible.
He tightens his grip around the bundle and, using the placement of the river and landscape as reference, hugs the dry side of the river as he takes off in the direction highlighted by the hand-drawn map. If that should happen to be in the direction of the two people with lanterns, he'll maneuver himself to give the light source a wide berth, mostly for the sake of delaying detection when it's inevitable.]
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He tightens his grip around the bundle and, using the placement of the river and landscape as reference, hugs the dry side of the river as he takes off in the direction highlighted by the hand-drawn map. If that should happen to be in the direction of the two people with lanterns, he'll maneuver himself to give the light source a wide berth, mostly for the sake of delaying detection when it's inevitable.]