Reno knows all of Elena’s weaknesses. She glares up at him. “Help me up and I’ll show you overreaching,” she says hotly. Reno’s got several inches of reach on her and isn’t afraid to play dirty, but she’s got years of hard training in proper technique on her side.

Her hands are starting to get tired.

“Do you really want to explain to Mr. Tseng and the President that you let me fall to my death on some godforsaken world to prove a point? I know you don’t want to do all that paperwork. Let me up!”