No recompense. Just a call for aid to the Foreigners at large. That gives Meisheng two minutes at the most, considering how fast some of them can be. More than enough time to disappear.

But then Milyn speaks, and Meisheng can't help a glance back over her shoulder, surprised. That should have been fatal. It would have been fatal. How did Milyn - ?

Oh.

She could turn back and finish the job, unmindful of who catches her afterward. Yunxu would expect her to. She almost does. But after a moment's indecision, her black eyes on Jackie trying desperately to stop the bleeding, Meisheng turns and vanishes into the darkness of the clinic.

Let the Foreigners handle it. They're always the ones who decide the fate of the city, after all.