It was worse at ground zero, but at least she had the improvised ear plugs. She REALLY had to figure out a better self defense spell.

Fortunately it worked. The aliens hadn't taken her words to heart, and so were all dazed and confused from the sonic shockwave. One of them had smoke coming out of the sides of his helmet from the overload of his suit microphones. Samata decided that with them stunned, and her shieldless, now was a good time to run. She darted between them, hoping to put some distance in before they got their bearings again, and made a mental note to start actually goddamn exercising.

She ran past Conan, shouting "I really hope you've got something scarier than a football!"