It wasn't really about her damned injury, she allowed Ashford to be the face of the Behemoth garnering the goodwill of the inners - she had other priorities.

Let men like him and Holden do all the talking and explaining while it was those like her and Nagata that got done what needed done, she thought just as the lift came crashing down.

"Now I know why you don't need to carry a gun," she called up to Nagata, "oh, that's a pretty trick."