Zacharias was right, of course. And then Anthony had to pause, because he wasn't actually sure how to feel about the fact that he'd actually had that thought, and it wasn't sarcastic. It was the Zacharias part, he was sure of it. And of the fact that the last person he would have expected - even when the choices were only between the two of them - to decide to check out the why of the spell was him.
Anthony realised he was letting himself be distracted yet again, and he returned his attention to the alleyway. "All right, then," he said, taking a few steps forward as he found - not exactly striding forward because, well, that just didn't seem safe, but more of a cautious sort - that the urge to do something else wasn't as strong as it had been just a few moments ago.