Riley followed along behind the car at a safe distance, sticking to the woods as long as he could until he realized that Tao was heading for the city. He growled a little and quickly shifted into the yellow Labrador. He trotted along the sidewalk, focused on the sound of one particular car among thousands. When he heard it stop, he ducked into an alley and shifted quickly into a small, black squirrel. He emerged into the sidewalk once again and quickly found the corner where Tao had stopped. He leaped up onto a brick wall and then from there to the top of a lamp post. From there, he could only wait and watch with tiny yellow eyes.