You decide to run down Capitol Avenue. You know it’s risky to turn your back on a terrifying monster, but you also know you aren’t ready to tackle a challenge this large. Sometimes the right move is to get to a safe place where you can strategize. Yet you’re not sure where to go. Unlike nearby Washington Square, there aren’t many public buildings to dart into on this block. If you’re being chased, you can’t very well waste time trying office doors that may be locked, or risk entering a parking garage without walls or rooms.

As you cross Allegan, you fondly remember an elegant restaurant nearby which once had a lovely view of the south side of the Capitol building, but had closed a decade earlier. Absently, you wonder if it was a lack of marketing which doomed the place, or if it just wasn’t the right location. Sometimes it’s hard to pin down exactly what allows a place of business to thrive.

You suppose that’s partly what your lunch meeting had been about. What had your coworker said? Something about the need to “slay the advertising dragon?” If he had only known a real dragon was just a few blocks away.

You hear a scream behind you, and feel the heat of flame. You can’t risk turning around, but have the sneaking suspicion that the dragon turned someone to ash.

As you approach Washtenaw Street, you entertain the idea of veering left to cross back to Washington Square, where there may be more public places to seek refuge. But, you also know that the act of making a course correction could slow you down. What’s the best move?

Do you:

Continue south on Capitol Avenue.

Or:

Make a hard left and sprint down Washtenaw Street toward Washington Square.