Kids briefly lost in crowded Pettah — what reunion plan actually works in the lanes?

Before you enter the lanes, pick a clear meeting point both kids can name — a juice stall, a temple gate, a police or tourist-police post at the edge. Bright shirts help. Teach them to stay put or walk to that point, not chase you through alleys. If separation happens, one adult stays near where you last touched while the other sweeps toward the meeting point and asks stallholders. I will not invent a lost-child fee. Calm repeating of the plan beats shouting names into the crowd. Brief separations happen; a rehearsed point is what shortens them.