With their confirmation, Dorian takes the proposed path. There is one jiangshi nearer to the beginning of those narrow streets, but its limbs are already broken and twisted. He can easily dispatch it without troubling Peggy (and hopefully the child will not be too much disturbed by a burning corpse) and does so. Now it is a matter of keeping alert, for while they have an advantage now in avoiding a great press and limiting the points of attack, there are also more opportunities for ambush and surprise.