Rachel really wanted to think 'well, shit' in there. However, that would not be very confidence inspiring for someone who had been emotionally shattered.

The trowel turned into a shield since brute force was not the call for the day and defenses were. She put the shield up in front of her as she checked behind her on Stephanie. Seeing the person whose mind she was in doing fine, she turned back to whatever was going to hit her and probably hit her hard.