She half-smiled at his stubborn insistence that he wasn't giving up on their friendship. It was nice of him, but she didn't completely believe him. There were very few people in the world that could withstand the Torture Twins, if Madeline unleashed them. And they were the "good guys".

"It's a bit funny, you know," she said instead, in a conversational tone. "You being a human taser. At one point, someone used electricity on me. Wet sponges attached to car batteries applied to wet bare skin hurt."