[ well, distraction hits again. there's a look he attempts to toss at her that's between amused and inquisitive for her mention of "catpetition" (another good one), but that switches pretty quickly to the visual equivalent of "oh shi—", as the phrase "watch out" is prone to trigger.

good thing rapunzel is the more competent of the two right now, as her quick thinking wrangles that roadblock to the side enough for chat to easily manoeuvre around their impending doom (he's used to working around the openings Girls That Are Probably Better Than Him offer). sparkly teamwork, forced alliances don't even matter.

chat blinks once (that was an almost His Partner kind of thing). a smirk, and what the words he offers rapunzel next sound impressed. ]

Nice throw, Rapawnzel!

[ new nickname?? not that the that drone is giving any time for it to settle, as it seems to take interest in them now; it drops that billboard fragment (plus the hair nestled around it in the process), turns to the two of them. chat straightens a tad in response. ]

Buuut, looks like it's not a fan. Or maybe it just finds us more interesting than a smelly billboard, not that I disagree—

[ this is the time. he's at least motioning for rapunzel to get onto the ground as he lets out his light observations. you know, in case they need to do the following: ]

—Should we get it out of the way?

[ bad influences. h e l p. ]