"M'okay," Ava wraps her fingers around the bars, peering out at Skulduggery and trying to gauge how he's holding up as well, given everything. She looks... defeated, but refusing to accept it. The Captain still needs them. More than ever.

He's right, in the way he knows her so well by now. That being separated from them would be far worse than losing her powers.

"Not going to be much use like this, I'm afraid. Can't so much turn invisible anymore. But the ants are free." And that's something.