Not only the immediate value but also the potential later value of this kind of teamwork - mainly with the thestrals; Benevenuta doesn't do 'teams', in general, and her genuine respect for Laura's clear capabilities doesn't make her inclined to alter the habit of a very long lifetime - is making itself rapidly clear, but she doesn't have a lot of spare mental energy to devote to it, loading the crossbow and swerving with her mount out of the way of an attempted attack towards the sky.

It's not ideal conditions, as a sniper, but she's getting the job done and she hits the same target again, the second arrow driving directly into the path of its predecessor, slamming hard into the back of the skull behind the already ruined eye.

--no time to get cocky, though, not when one of them has got the bright idea of climbing the nearest ruined building.