"We got one of them!" came a voice from the trees. A small, very human figure slid down from the leafy ceiling, grabbed an overhanging branch, and hung for a second before letting go and rushing at Cloud and Zack with a knife. Without even a yell, he jumped at the Chocobo, preparing a fatal strike.

Unfortunately for the other thief, he did not expect an actual cowboy to be running after him, much less a rope thrown at him that would tighten almost immediately. "What is this...?" Lassoes were an uncommon sight in Crystallis, and he wished he had known that Sparks Nevada had this kind of trick up his sleeve. "Boy! Out! Now!"

Lydia would have heard multiple, possibly ten men up in the trees, and the trees furthest from her shook as the thieves ran across the branches to a safer location.