Jack's friends were a little less eager to trail after some urchin kid that they didn't know but Jack didn't mind that. If anything, he probably didn't even notice. The kid was sniffing the air like some sort of dog and it was an amusing sight to watch. Jack was obviously under the assumption that the kid was just some urchin boy so he thought nothing of slipping into the dimmer parts of an alley with him.

Jack was not fond of alleys in general but it had been his idea in the first place. The smell did indeed grow stronger and it was only thanks to Jack being used to being around a bunch of sweaty guys most of the time that he managed not to gag. "That reeks. I think we're close. The source is definitely around here somewhere."