"Well," her eyes dart to the side, meaning one goes left and one goes right, which is just a little creepy but she turned them back to Billy's face, "I thought when fighting broke out that Neuropathy would be an obvious target. So it was me and Angie and Kaya against the Kessek, and at one point I asked Kaya to grease the floor and make them slip. That's what this is, grease."

She brushed her fingers to her face; they showed lighter against the shadow under her skin. "But Iive got almost all of it out, of me and off the floor." A grin like a bared knife. "And we served those Kessek out, for sure."