"Don't apologize." It hurt, she couldn't deny that, but for someone who had taken on a full electrocution with only a split second to throw up a shield, this was nothing. She'd sustained worse injuries on missions.

"You needed to get it out," she went on, as patiently as a teacher guiding a student would speak but giving him a little smile to reassure him. "Nothing was damaged and you're all right now. That's the most important thing."