The lighter-gun in her hand, she went into the bathroom and closed the door behind her.
She had just stripped off the evening gown when she heard the bathroom door lock from the outside. A moment later, there was the crashing sound of breaking glass.
Calmly, Maya burned off the lock of the bathroom door with the little heatgun. She pushed it open and went out into the room in her underwear. Dark was in the process of gingerly climbing through the broken window.
"It's a long fall, Dark," she said.
He looked back over his shoulder. He smiled ruefully, and came back into the room.
"Well, it was worth a try," he said philosophically.
He surveyed her with frankly admiring eyes and added:
"And it was worth failing, for the view."
She turned pink. But, without taking her eyes off him, she reached back into the bathroom, got the tunic and trousers she had laid out, and slipped them on.
"I think it would be better if we go down and sit in the middle of the lobby," she said, unlocking the door to the room. "That way, you'll have farther to run if you try to get away."