Ed's response is to keep moving, employing his carefully honed dexterity and his very acrobatic fighting style to get away from Angel every time the shadow tries to surround him. Since Bigby is managing to keep the fake Buffy in check with physical attacks, he transmutes his automail arm into a blade and makes several slashing attacks in retaliation.

Cipher Nine lets out a long breath as they approach Atropos. "We just need to figure out her fear," he notes. "When we came here last, to get rid of Adam, she was afraid of losing Clark," he notes. "But I have a sneaking suspicion Edward managed to cure her of that fear in the process of helping to clear Adam out."