The grenade went off and got completely opposite reactions: startled irritation and blood freezing panic. He shook his head, clearing it of the ringing and the bits of metal popping out of his skin.
"That tickled-" Gamma looked up and smiled when he saw Myrene. "Oh, there you are! Puppy doesn't like sharing her toys, does she?" He flicked over and his smile grew. "Well, well, what do we have here? A new playmate. Do you think he'll play with me too, Puppy?"
He started to move when Beta snapped into motion, grabbed him and chuckled him far off, delaying. "'What do you think? Should we listen to her?' 'Please, my dear, like we'd take her seriously, we know better...'" she ranted as she got closer, glaring at both. "What part of 'Stay home' did I NOT make clear?!"