No, apparently the universe had not heard his silent plea. The man stared at her for a while, his flat expression taking in her look of stubborn defiance before he allowed his shoulders to slump just a bit. "You are a real pain you know that?" He commented as he slipped his arm around her waist, hoisting her up in a blur of motion and then unceremoniously hauling her off under his arm.

"I'm going to look like some kind of kidnapper and it's all your fault" The man complained loudly as his still unbound hair swished behind him.