[she steps more squarely in front of him.]

The worst thing I can think of is killing all the people I was trying to help. Or turning them into hideous beasts, so that they hurt the people that they care about.

[she sighs, a little exaggerated for effect.]

I suppose it would be helpful to have worms coming out of our eyes. We could test the curses on them. So long as our eyes were all right.