Nyx stands slowly - when did her hand change back? - but not slowly enough to avoid her knee popping audibly, which produces a beat-down groan that is Distinctly A Symptom Of Adulthood. "Keep well, youngblood. I gotta go see about kicking a weasel's ass for the rats, an' it's gonna end with a weasel up my pant leg, I just know it."

It will.

But for now, Nyx goes sauntering off, whistling the Monster Mash.