[Newt prefers hovering to the usual "distancing oneself with overdramatic disgust", so it works out.]

Yeah, that checks out.

[He's pretty sure he would have trouble sorting through his own emotions at a time like that, too. Hard to feel anything past PANIC.]

You gotta tell me everything, though, dude. Like, clearly their shells aren't indestructible, and that's good news, but what kind of offense are we talking, here? Did they attack you first? What happened?