He stumbled back into a random passerby who almost fell over were it not for Hao Xuan's quick acting.
"I'm sorr-"
He tried to apologize to the maiden hiding behind the heavy cloak but got distracted by the stirring of his mark.
The Crown of Darkness was reacting to her presence, like two complete strangers realizing they had something important in common. Only, she didn't seem to have noticed much.
But Hao Xuan did not have the time to delve deeper into the matter since the goat-man was with several others of his kind and they had already surrounded him.
Their ill intentions were clear to everybody on the street but no one would intervene.
"Why you in such a hurry, boy?" the goat-man sauntered over with wide strides, "You runnin' from someone? What'd you do, steal?" he looked him up and down in excruciating detail.