[Rei sets her jaw and gives the Doctor a very, very serious look. She’s feeling that fear coming off him in waves, and she won’t stand for it. He knows better. They’d talked about this…]

He won’t kill us. Not if we hurry. We’re going to a place he cannot follow. Going back will only make him punish you for disobedience, and you know it. He’ll pull you down in the basement like he did mother and reprogram you like a doll. I’m not going to allow you to go back, even if you resist.

[When he sets his heels, she gives Venus a look and drops her bag.]

Get that for me, would you?

[And with a sharp twist of her wrist, a pivot of her leg, and a shove she sends Doctor off balance with an aikido maneuver, only to scoop him up in a princess-carry, completely unbothered by his weight.]

I’ve got him.