Liam grimaced as the shot hit its mark, lighting up his vest. And then-

And then he jumped down off the edge of the tower, despite the bored teenager who'd been manning front counter explicitly forbidding that when he'd recited by rote to Liam and Prompto the rules of the place.

Look, it was both faster than trying to follow Prompto back down, and more likely to enable him to avoid being shot again while making his way down.