That was strange; a mother telling her young daughter to stay in an alley. Especially at this time. At the question, Marian went to answer but found she couldn't. There was something latching onto her throat and dragging her back. Marian's automatic reaction was to kick out but it done very little to help her.
Then she was being pushed and her hands scraped across the wall but she didn't make a sound. She would not give the woman the satisfaction of knowing she was hurt or scared. At the question, it took a moment for Marian to find her voice.
"She's...very pretty," was the most Marian could come out with.