"Well then it's a good thing I'm not going to lose, isn't it?"

Lightning sparked, skittered along her arms and legs, and it almost seemed like a thin barrier spiderwebbing across her body, and in the next moment she was darting forward. Distance? Bah.

You don't get numbers that way.

She's nearly in their midst when her staff comes swinging around her head, spinning across her shoulders and thrusting outward. A moment later, and the ground between them begins to glow in shimmering, circular runes. But getting this close has its drawbacks. One of the things starts to reach for her--

And that electricity skittering around her form promptly zaps it backwards.