As a kid, the theatre always felt a bit like running away to join the circus.

I never got to the point when I felt like running away from it all.

I'm sick of running away from things.

I've never liked the recognition, the questions, the publicity. I have often felt like running away and hiding.

He used you, yeah. But what if you hadn't come? My family would have run again, but we would never have been free. We would never stop hunting us."
"I know." I thought of my frustration in Paris and I couldn't even imagine how sick of running Seth must be.
"That's why I had to come."
His eyebrow cocked upward. "And here I thought you came to see me.

Sometimes I feel as if I'm racing with my own shadow, Korogi says. But that's one thing I'll never be able to outrun. Nobody can shake off their own shadow.