X, meanwhile, is trained to strike at weak points. Funny how this all works out.

She darts forward, body tensed to dig in not-so-metaphorical claws if she feels herself start to slip. And once she reaches the 'head'--

Then she really gets to work. It takes effort to dig beneath the carapace, but not more effort than X can muster. It helps that she's not interested in clean, surgical cuts.

The utter destruction of the brain, stem and all, is essentially her current objective.