Even if they were followed, those in pursuit can have this moment to keep driving lest the Poundland open its terrible maw and drag them in.

[ the way Vergil talks about Poundland points towards it being some sort of horrific eldritch location, and whether Gil buys into that or not is up for debate by the scholars of the age.

unfortunately for Noct and Caleb, they're the ones that're here--and the golden man coming to join Sam after speaking with his housemate looks curious at the sudden new version of the resident car salesman's name. ]

How many aliases could one man truly need?