He couldn't keep back a grin, teeth flashing fierce and white in the dim blue light. "You like it?" he asked. "Just a little something I picked up as a souvenir from my trip."

To one side a hallway opened up, the glass ceiling offering them a watery view of neon and fish, and another splicer skittering toward them. "On your left," Erik barked, lightning shooting from his palm just a second too late to catch the thing before it leapt straight at them.