Blayne's cry of frustration carried to Aryn's ears as she jogged away, only making her smile wider. Sure, she had some new bruises from the encounter, but she also got Roy Mustang's ignition gloves. She had no idea how to use them, of course (she'd tried clapping, rubbing, and even saying 'activate'), but she could always sell them. But first, she had to get Maximillian.
Her jog slowed as she neared the door into the building. Slipping in and taking the thin iron stairs two at a time, she reached the desired level and dashed down the narrow hallway. Eventually she came to a large glass window with a vaguely dog-shaped hole in it. The opposite wall had a large dent as well, but her chimera was nowhere to be seen.
"Max," Aryn hissed, hoping not to awaken the inhabitants in the building (even though they must have been sound sleepers, as the crash hadn't woken them). "Max, where are you?"
There was silence, then some footsteps in one of the rooms, door slightly ajar. Sure enough, Maximillian was on the bed scratching at a strongbox laden with locks. Spotting his master he looked up, tail wagging and tiny wings beating excitedly. With an eye roll and a quick look around the room, Aryn slumped beside him. She flicked out a stiff wire and in a matter of seconds the first lock was open.
Aryn was about to pick the next lock when she noticed the box was covered in alchemy circles, extremely complex ones at that.
"Well, that's weird." Aryn shook the box and heard no coins. It was also surprisingly light. She turned to Max. "What do you think? Should we just leave it?"
The chimera snorted, not understanding and not interested in the wooden box anymore.
"Well, I'll just take it with then. We'll sell it as an antique." With that, Aryn tucked the strongbox under her thin arm and slipped back into the hallway, Max right behind her. Neither of them noticed that there was an extremely serious conversation taking place between several State alchemists just in the kitchen. Aryn had left just before one of them went into the room to retrieve the box.