[And yet, he may find that she's more than capable to back up her talk, in the most unexpected of ways, later on. However, that will have to wait.

The spikes are cast aside by the armor she wore, some driving into the plates but not wounding, but the lightning was another matter. She's quickly shocked, and the electricity itself was made more effective by the material -- though it wasn't much different than what she'd dealt with, two years ago, during that fateful war for the Citadel. Grimacing, but soldiering on with the adrenaline still pumping through her veins, she continues storming towards Apep, unyielding, and with a fist primed and sent straight towards his jaw.

She knows her limits, however--and she's expecting this to do little.]