[ Malik slows his pace, letting James get ahead. It would be simple enough to skulk off to find something else to kill time, or somewhere else he could stir up trouble. But Malik doesn't like the feeling that he's lost control of a situation, or that he's lost. He doesn't just let go.
So he starts following James again. He wants to know what is in the case. He wants to know what James is up to. A guitar case if far larger than anything he'd tried to steal - from stores, pickpocketing, or otherwise - but he can't help but wonder, reaching his hand out slowly, if maybe, just maybe, he could hook his thumb under the strap and lift it up and over James' head fast enough before he could get all defensive and grabby.
He's going to try, and then he could finally find out what's in that stupid guitar case. ]
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So he starts following James again. He wants to know what is in the case. He wants to know what James is up to. A guitar case if far larger than anything he'd tried to steal - from stores, pickpocketing, or otherwise - but he can't help but wonder, reaching his hand out slowly, if maybe, just maybe, he could hook his thumb under the strap and lift it up and over James' head fast enough before he could get all defensive and grabby.
He's going to try, and then he could finally find out what's in that stupid guitar case. ]