Because i actually fought him. Have you?

And from my 10+ years mudding experience i can tell when triggers are used. Especially as straightfoward as dash/chase trigger.

The tiny log I posted looks like he only followed me when I spammed north. So him catching up could be plain luck. And then, when I moved west he didnt follow immediatly. Which, I agree, could make one think that no dash trigger was used.

The truth, however, is that there were several clashes in the middle of araile (read: 4 exit rooms) between Djabree and me. And he *did* catch up at super-human speed no matter which direction i tried to move (needless to say, i dont just flee and 'eeeee' ).

All in all, my initial post wasnt meant as an attempt to bash Marcus down. Marcus rocks. I was just giving feedback on his character from my POV.
And I am still 95% sure that he was using dash trigger.