[It wasn't as much of a loss, really. It hadn't worked properly since she'd gotten it, but that was a conversation for another time. For the moment, she was focusing on the maggots in front of them.]

Just what I wanted to hear. There'll be no end of them truly, but if we don't kill this batch, I'd feel responsible.

[When he sprung, she aimed for the gaps in the wall to his right, gesturing with the blade. Between those spikes, current arced, the electricity frying one of them trying to wriggle its way through and ensuring that he had the choke point all to himself.]