"Then I wish you luck in your quest to better understand the nature of the power you command, Miss Rosenberg."

Long sighed, looking at the face of the young woman on the screen. Perhaps if you had done so before, this might have been averted...

No, it wasn't really the moment for the easy words of I-told-you-so, he supposed, however much he might personally feel they were deserved. There was such a thing as kicking someone when they were down.

He cleared his throat slightly. "Looking on the bright side, as it were, nobody was permanently harmed, I believe?"