"You're the best and bravest man I've ever met." Stephanie said sincerely, leaning over to kiss his cheek. Her eyes narrowed at the elevator music. "I'd blast it off, but I don't want to wreck the elevator."

The door opened and inevitably, there was a Purifier guarding the area, though she saw them before they saw her. She concentrated her pyroplasm into a solid battering ram shape and blasted it at the Purifier.

"Damn it all." She'd really hoped they were coast clear.