Elidibus shakes himself out of the stillness when Jake calls out to him. Pulls himself away from glimpsing how the aether flows and wrenching his sight back to the physical world.

"I doubt anyone can see me." Though admittedly given the flow of New York crowds, that would be a difficult thing to determine. But since the Ascian was full stop in the middle of the crowd and not getting shoulder shoved or grumbled at, he's probably correct.

"Pray forgive me, I was caught up in my observations. I believed you mentioned some vehicles in yellow serve as.. taxis, you call it?" The context does seem to impart a sense of public transportation. "I believe there's one now."

At least he was somewhat paying heed to what Jake said. Nevermind it seems a timely assist to distract the officer from whatever had given Elidibus pause.