Ordin advanced.
Not firing—closing distance, his palms at his sides, the specific approach of someone who had decided that range was working against him. The web that Sarah was building was most effective at range—the distance gave the threads time to occupy space, gave Sarah time to react to gaps, gave the coverage pattern time to develop into something comprehensive.
At close range the threads still worked.
But close range changed the geometry—the space between them smaller, the web's coverage requiring density in a compressed area rather than coverage across a wide field, and compressed density in a small area was harder to maintain than spread coverage across a large field because the thread formation rate was the same regardless of the area covered.
Close range was less favorable for the web.
Sarah stitched Ordin's left foot to the floor.
