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"In some cases, maybe, but once those brambles start to grow back when the weather gets nicer? No way I'm going off the path without something covering my legs." It was bad enough she had to cover up scrapes and bruises now, in the warmer months it would be nearly impossible unless she wore some sort of opaque stockings (which she hated doing even in winter with her uniform as she felt it made her look younger than she wanted to be).

Their closeness, or whatever it was that seemed to have developed, faded a bit as he voiced his question. It was her turn to be lost briefly in debate now; torn between the 'stern' senshi's sense of foreboding in letting anyone get that close and the teenage girl who'd just spent odd hours of the night having fun with a boy, a cute boy, who now wanted to walk her home.

Life wasn't fair.

Eventually she took a deep breath, releasing it in a bit of a sigh before looking up to him hesitantly. "If I let you... If..." Never mind that she'd already made up her mind that she would, no matter what his answer to her next question was. "... You'll be happy with just knowing which school I attend for now? No more prying until next time?"

She watched him for a moment, not because she doubted his sincerity but because it was there at all. It made her smile again and continue smiling even as she reached out to take one of his hands by the wrist, giving it a light tug. "C'mon, then. I know a short cut back to Crystal Academy from here."

Amazingly enough, she did, laughing as she lead Sailor Eridanus through the various Destiny City roof tops. It was clear by how well she timed their jumps that this was a route she took frequently and that, on some level, she was showing that she trusted him more than just permitting him to be her escort back to the dorms. She was showing him her bird's eye view; the way she moved about and how she saw things as she was doing so.

"As Sailor Corvus I'm not one." There was a slight smirk to be heard in her soft response to his statement as she paused their run only to drop down to the pavement from where they'd been perched, heels landing with a click. She waited until he was beside her once more before turning her gaze to him. "Beneath this, who knows... I could be anything. There could be a dozen reasons why I want to keep who you see before you separate from the girl who goes to school on the other side of that gate. If my parents knew what I was out here doing?"

The silence that followed should have stood as proof enough that they wouldn't have been accepting. Her father hadn't paid as much as he did to get her into Crystal. Her mother hadn't given birth to a rebel or an outlaw. What was it that Astraea had called them? Illicit?

"I haven't always attended Crystal Academy anyways..." Another brief window open, closed soon after as she continued. "Is this where we part for the evening, then? The gate's just over there. It's probably locked, but..."

"Crystal girls are known for being mean and snooty. We have a reputation to hold up... I mean, just take a look at Sailor Proxima." She smirked as she lead him across the street to where the gate was, placing gloved hands on it long enough to see if it was open. It wasn't, of course, but trying and hoping was at least a small part of her nightly routine.

She let her hands slide away from the metal, eyes focusing for a moment on the building on the other side. One more hop and she'd be there on the other side of that gate, ready to shed her super hero guise and just be Cordelia until the next time. "I'll leave it up to you as to whether or not you feel like climbing over the gate with me... I haven't been caught yet, but I've never had an accomplice either."

"Lucky for you, I don't believe that Crystal has thought to get guard dogs for their campus... I imagine it would offend someone's delicate sensibilities. Hillworth, on the other hand? They should have dogs keeping them in." Her nose wrinkled slightly, a bit of her 'Crystal girl' side showing briefly before she shook it off, looking at least slightly apologetic even if she didn't say so.

"I'm getting a bit tired to be outrunning anything anyways... So no dogs or security is a good thing. Now if only we could do something about this gate." She laughed, glaring at it for a moment longer before turning to walk along the wall, pausing where it seemed to be just a bit lower. "Think you could give me a boost?"

"Such a gentleman." She smirked softly as she placed her foot in his hands, taking the boost so that she could climb up onto the stone wall that was closed by the iron gate they'd just been peering through. Once she was balanced she held her hand out to him. "My turn to give you a hand now... Up we go, Eridanus... My dorm's just right over this ledge." She smirked.

"I think... That with as much of a rag tag band as we have it's very likely that we draw ideas from..." She pushed herself up into a standing position before eying the distance from the ledge to the ground only to hop down as if it were nothing. "... Just about everything and anything that's within our ability to do so." Grinning she glanced up, waiting until he was beside her again before she began her trek across the well manicured lawn of the Crystal Academy grounds.