"It's okay," Jedao says, a little breathlessly. Jedao squishes himself in after Eiffel, and then they can both hear a horrible scraping and scrabbling of large claws in the narrow chokepoint.

"If it doesn't get get bored and go away, I can deal with it. I just - fuck, it's fast." And it's hissing. "Hard to play offense and defense at the same time with something that fast."