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Angela sneered. "Don't be stupid, of course I know how to use one of these..." She snatched the hydrospanner from Artemis' hands and examined it, the annoyed expression on her face switching to one of confusion as she turned and flipped it around in her palms, mumbling to herself

Andred eyed the tool in her grasp warily. "You have no idea how to use it, do you?"

"Not a clue," she replied, looking up and grinning, twirling it between her fingertips. "Great time to find out."

An exasperated sigh escaped his lips. "Idiot...Spent too much time around the rich to learn any practical skills..."

A flick of her wrist, the high-pitched whistle of something splitting the air, and the hydrospanner buried itself several inches deep into the tree next to the Miraluka's head. The force of the impact left cracks rippling up the tree, causing pieces of the bark to fall away. Andred gave an uncomfortable shift, moving away from the impaled pine, and the small, fuming human in front of him approached.

"Y'know, I never did tell you how I lost my eye...." she mused, wrapping her fingers around the handle of the tool and ripping it from the tree. "It's a long story, and I'll spare you the details. But it involved lots of small, pointy objects." She peered up at her companion. "I suppose you're safe from any injuries to the eyes, but something so small and sharp could still do some serious damage to, say, an eardrum..." She tapped the device thoughtfully against the side of her head, right where one of her scars intersected with the shell of her ear. A false smile was plastered on her face. "So be nice to me. Because you have to sleep at some point."

She turned on her heels, strolling back over to the odd box on the ground. "That goes for you too, guy-liner," she added to Artemis, before prodding at the box roughly with the hydrospanner. "Anyway, time's a' wastin'. Let me at this thing."

Andred hung back for a moment before going to help. My boss is a complete freak...