Jack nods severely. "Of course. I'm here to help him, but not at the cost of anyone else. It would cause far more harm if this butcher's stock was allowed to be taken. But I'm betting this man is so desperate he can't see that right now."

But. The best way to convince this man that he's not going to get away with this? Is to make a lasting impression. So, pardon Jack while he indulges his own flair for the dramatic.

The man has found a window that he has been able to jimmy open. He looks around himself again, one way, then the other, before he opens it...but he has forgotten to look up.

Jack takes two steps forwards, right to the edge of the rooftop, and leaps off of it, silently soaring into the air. He rises in a graceful arc, and then dives down straight into the ground not even a foot away from the would-be burglar. There isn't even a sound until he is right upon him, and the man lets out a startled yell as he falls backwards and recoils while his heart pounds in his chest.

Show-off.