With everyone paying attention to Nico and Eric, Cassie felt she could risk a little divine speed to keep Raph from throwing himself into the middle of whatever horseshit Eric was trying to pull. She threw one arm around his neck, careful to keep his trachea in the crook of her elbow where neither of them would accidentally crush it, grabbed his nearer arm with her free hand, and got a leg in front of and between his so that he'd just end up tripping himself if he tried to keep going.

"Kon's on this," she reassured him in a whisper, her mouth right next to his ear. The illusion of an ear over the membrane that served as his ear. Whatever. "We've got this. She's going to be okay."

And she was going to find another opportunity to punch Eric.