"He's probably already on his way," she answers, heading out into the hallway, regardless. "This was just to put space between him and us. We're going to need to think of something else, keep balcony-hopping, maybe."

Never mind the fact that she's pretty sure that, if James realizes that their play, he'll just start jumping down after them rather than wasting time with the stairs. It's still the only thing she can come up with, off the top of her head, right now.