[Lilith doesn't run out of breath, exactly. It's just that once she's been placed out of reach of the claw, once she watches the big man handle Victor with it, it becomes clear how much real damage he could have caused them both, and hasn't. She realises in almost the same moment that she only has to wriggle out of her shirt and she'll be free.
She looks across at Victor and offers him a rueful grin. But she doesn't start to wriggle till Jones is out of sight.]
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She looks across at Victor and offers him a rueful grin. But she doesn't start to wriggle till Jones is out of sight.]