"It gets caught on things." That was mostly because Nautica couldn't manage to refrain from gesturing expansively even with a needle in her arm. She tried one final, ineffectual tug at the tubing before giving up and returning her attention to Brainstorm.

"Why are you hiding behind your briefcase?" He only did that when people were yelling at him, and she looked over her shoulder to see if Ratchet was coming to tell him off for something.