"Humans are weird," Reines says with a light shrug. "I mean, sometimes they just want to make things hard on themselves just to prove they can. That or this one was doing a power test and we played right into his grubby hands."

That second part isn't something that Reines wants to dwell on, so she moves right along to the gratitude. She smiles back at Guenièvre, and doesn't dare to downplay the fact that it was some pretty good quick thinking.

"I'm just pleased you gave me your trust in the matter. Wouldn't have worked without that key element."