He looks at her as his breathing and heartrate gradually deescalate back to manageable levels and inclines his head in acknowledgement.

"Best not to prolong this, I should think," he says airily, as if he has not just engaged in repeated self-injury for the purpose of levering their mutual enemy out of the building's window.

He joins her, re-appropriating the pipe to slam it into the door and hack a rough exit from its construction.