Is that Rico being a sadist or just the old-fashioned brutal pragmatism that came of his generation of Judges? America's not sure, but she does know that the Coluan starts freaking even more at the mention of a broken bone. Good thing his voice is muffled by her glove. "I'm going to take it off at the elbow. Work with the joint. Don't know how much of his forearm is metal now and I'd rather measure twice and cut once." Less chance of Kid Q breathing down her neck, for one thing. "They can clone him a new arm after this.

She blinks and the laser vision ends. The blade glows a dull red in the light. She's pretty much ready, and glances up at Rico as if asking when he's going to bother getting into position.