The Fist was staring into the M.C. He was startled and would be for 
several moments. Nell maneuvered the knife so that the blade was touching 
nothing but the link between the shackles, then hit the ON switch. It worked; 
the edge of the blade came to life like a nanotech chainsaw and zipped through 
the link in a moment, like clipping a fingernail. Nell brought it around her 
body in the same motion and buried it in the base of the Fist's spine.