It would have been easy to decline, and if Siana had been anyone else, she would have told Maria that she was quite fine on her own so please leave her be. But there was a reason the EKP demanded that all peacekeepers patrol in pairs, and it wasn't just so that if one needed a moment to "eat and piss" as Prichard said, the other could cover for his sorry ass.
"If you must," said Siana. "Until Prichard comes back."
She prayed to Faram that he had decided to grab something to go from a food vendor instead of settling down at a tavern or restaurant or cafe. He should be a dutiful peacekeeper, and she couldn't imagine why the EKP would saddle her with someone who was less so, but she knew her luck all too well.