...and then the table snaps off the shield with a loud THLOBBER, and a wave of air that tastes like fish expands outward through the room. Suddenly Angelika doesn't have a table-shield on her lap, she has a shield and a desk. A desk which is not adequately supported and immediately falls on her face, knocking her backwards in her chair and pinning her under it as she cries out.

"I forgot...about...how heavy these are."