And when she does, all windows (and only windows, no other glass surfaces) explode simultaneously.

"Screamer?"

"The Nine's last reported location was a town in the Midwest and they were going west," says PRT captain.

Yes but they have particular incentive to come here, Glam thinks. They're about to say something when the captain gives a command anyway and the containment foam cannons mounted on the trucks outside begin spraying foam on the broken windows, starting with the ones from the floor Lorica's in. It gets fairly dark very quickly in there, but electric lights still work—

—until they don't. The building's lights go out completely, the only illumination available coming from Dauntless' crackling forcefield.

"Power just got cut," Dauntless touches his comm to report.

Bots turn their projectors into lamps.

"Assume hostiles are in the building. It's unlikely to be the Nine, but it's someone. Drupe, go check out why the power went out. Lorica, do you have bots outside?"

"I can provide copies for her," Glam supplies.

"Do that, but hardware bots would still be a good idea."

"I have fifteen hardware out, yes."

Glam creates copies, and the officers outside use the foam solvent to get inside before being sealed in again with Drupe and the bots.

And Lorica and her bots resume casing the building.

The next time she visits a room she will find that the sleeping person has been hit by the glass from the window and is not waking up in spite of the cuts and embedded glass (which could be worse but are not mere scrapes either).

"The windows were not kind to the live occupants of the rooms. We're gonna need medical. They're all still asleep though."

"Acknowledged." Drupe, a few officers, and a few bots reach the fuse box. Every fuse in it is blown. "Lorica, after you're done exploring the building go check the backup generator up top."

"Who wants to bet it's busted, too?"

"Glam, please refrain from occupying the channel with commentary."

"Sorry."

"Should I try to fix it or just investigate?"

"Investigate, do not touch anything, report any anomalies. Are there any undisappeared Glam bots with you?"

"Four."

"And none disappeared since the glass explosion?"

"So far, yeah."

"Very well. Proceed upstairs, assume we're dealing with one or more capes rating shaker five stranger five. Assume hostiles are still in the building until further notice."

"Acknowledged."

Up she goes.

The PRT and heroes request and provide passwords periodically to make sure no one's been compromised, and other than the gore, everything's normal. Up they go, until they finally reach the backup generator, which is as far as casual inspection can tell whole but inactive.

Lorica inspects it a little less casually but doesn't touch anything.

A less casual inspection shows everything made of glass in it has been destroyed, as well as some of the more fragile non-glass pieces inside it.

Lorica reports this to the channel.

She's asked to make her way back down and out and scan as much of the insides of the building simultaneously as she can with her bots while she does.

Can do.