"Hard to pull yourself out of quicksand without something to pull on."

Without Shion Jullien would have had to resort to teleporting himself out. Chances were that wouldn't have gone well. His head was absolutely splitting as it was. Not that he let himself show that. Showing pain was a weakness, and weakness meant possible death. He has hidden a lot worse than just a headache.

"Peachy. My skin is just going to glow after this."

And it was going to take him ages to get rid of all the sand and probably ages more before he could get his blasters working again.