They appear in midair, visible out of a few thirtieth-floor apartments.
One starts to fall. The other catches her by the arm, flings out - wing-shapes of light - and slows her, spiraling down until they're at street level.
"Why did you point it at me if you didn't want my attention?"
"I wanted you to go away, you were just in the red district!"
"You already told me I was just in the red district. I heard you. Is that how you tell people to go away, you fling fast things at them?"
"Uh huh."
"....but you were going to get me a toy gun."
"If it gets you to go away, yeah."
"That's another way you make people go away is give them presents? I'm not sure these customs make very much sense."
"You don't usually make people go away by giving them presents but you're refusing to go away so I thought maybe if you got a present then you would want to be nice and you would go away."
"The reds just asked me nicely."
"Will you please go away."
The Adamant turns and continues down the street.
"From the city, not from me!"
...the Adamant turns back. "That seems a little much."
"You're tracking pollution everywhere. You can stay if you shower, there's a public shower."
The Adamant looks at his feet. "I don't think I'm tracking anything."
"Well, you're a moron."
The Adamant frowns. "That isn't very nice."
"No kidding."
The Adamant picks the bullet out of his halo and throws it at the guy.
"Get the fuck out of town, you stupid rock spirit alien."
"I'm an Adamant," says the Adamant, and he does not go anywhere.
He starts looking on his pocket everything what the recommended way to drive an Adamant off is.
If asking nicely doesn't work they - uh, Adamants in particular are really hard to scare.
That's really annoying. He spits at it and stomps off.
It examines a parked delivery van and does not further bother anyone.