[She can't afford to say it, but she does nod slightly at the human man, glad for his backup. It's the only gesture she can offer before the sentinels are upon them.]
[While the battle before had carried risk, something had been ineffectual about the way that the bots had charged them. This was different--a hostile bid to stop the rebellion before it was too late.]
[She figures this difference out quickly when the moves that so easily caught the others limbless are easily parried and pressed back into her. She grunts and struggles to reclaim her breath as she brings her sword up to block the baton bearing down on them.]