As Clementine ran with the other Strike Force members, she noticed how easy it was with the power suit on to move at a speed that normally would have winded her in less than a minute.

When they arrived at the junction, Clementine flet her blood run cold.  She had seen Githkin dispatching rioters on the news before, but they had only ever showed a bare minimum of Githkin tactics, giving the impression that the Githkin were controlled, surgical, almost pacifist in their tendencies.  To suddenly be on the receiving end of Githkin tactics, tactics that were revealed to be far more brutal than she had ever believed, had her quaking slightly.

Yet Tommy showed tremendous courage, flinging his shield at one of the Githkin.  This act inspired Clementine somewhat, but instead of understanding the tactic of focusing fire on single targets, Clementine didn't wish to accidentally shoot the rebel that the Githkin was holding (even though that rebel was probably already dead), and aimed at another of the Githkin with her pistol.  Clementine mentally reminded herself that Githkin were merely constructs, nothing more than nanomachine creations without minds, without lives, despite how organically realistic they looked.  Clementine fired two shots in quick succession, the shots leaving the muzzle of her pistol comfortably; the gun was designed to mitigate recoil and preserve her aim for subsequent shots.