Eun-Kyung very rationally considered her situation as she stared at the pistol. First, the man could easily kill her without worrying about damage to the datapad, as the Xaser's x-rays more or less only affected organic targets. Second, she had no idea how close help was or if anyone had even taken notice of her emergency signal. And third, if these people were even the least bit intelligent, they would kill her anyway, once she gave them the datapad. In the brief second it took to work through those facts her eyes grew wider and seemingly more panicky until, steeling herself, she tensed up... and let out a piercing shriek.
Moving as non-threateningly as was possible for a sudden movement in the presence of an armed man, she clasped the datapad, still sitting on her lap, even tighter to her thighs and curled up, presenting her back to the man. She moved her right arm toward her gun and shifted the datapad a little further to the side of her thigh, directly below her holster. Taking a gulping, deep breath, she seized the grip on her NSP, still secured in the holster, and switched it from safe to heavy mode. This is going to hurt, she thought resignedly. Her toes curled up inside her boots in anticipation, she squeezed the trigger.
