I could better my odds if I had a way to distract these slags for a few instants, but fragged if I know how. Sure, if this were trid, I’d find something lying close to hand that I could turn into a diversion. A rock in a tin can, maybe, or a soykaf filter and some bleach I could make into a fragging hand grenade. Or I could just yell something like, "Look! It’s Comet Swift-Tuttle!" And in the confusion stroll across the fragging alley.