Kerrigan pulled the web tight, making sure it would last, then retreated graciously.

She had not made it to Queen Bitch of the Universe without making sure there were certainties. Now all she'd need was time, and she had plenty of that.

"You're not alone because you have them at your beck and call," she said, with not even rudimentary consideration for how Emma's friends might feel about that assessment. "You have an army, should you wish it, and you have allies. What else do you want? People like you and I don't follow, we don't bank on one option and wait around, we lead. And there are always options for us."

Though really, she just meant 'I'.