[when he saw how many enemies there were downstairs, he figured they'd actually be at more risk if they split... Getting isolated could mean getting separated and surrounded. So he stayed close to her but attacked in a different direction, sort if ending up back-to-back with her. It wasn't too hard to plow down the enemies when he could at least see them all in front of him without worrying about his back]

[the enemies seemed to get more desperate as they saw their fellows fall, but that didn't help them have any more success. If anything it made them weaker and the bodies started to like up. Only when Thash and Kat had a circular pile of bodies around them several corpses deep did the living ones start to back off in fear. However, there was someone down there behind them all that would have none of it. They'd hear a voice shouting at the crew members to charge and stop being cowards.... Thash wondered who that yelling person might be; clearly they were higher ranking than the standard guys they'd been mowing down]