Maxine shakes her head, but bites her lip nervously. "No," she says, quietly. "My powers are still partly working-- I can use them to help defend the both of you, if we get attacked. I'm not leaving."

Maxine's eyes are skimming frantically over Billy's handiwork. She's no expert on this stuff, but from what she can tell it's as good as their going to get on the time limit they have. Billy's good. She carefully squeezes Punchy's shoulder encouragingly, now that he has to load the virus up.