Holly- Neutrino vs Steel

  “I’ll worry about that later,” said Holly, adjusting the AC to EXTRACT. “For now, I need to get him out of there. We’re on
a schedule.”

  Holly adjusted the Neutrino’s output, concentrating the beam so it cut through the metal floor. Acrid smoke billowed from the molten gash, and was immediately siphoned off into the Chicago night by the AC.
...
  “Good,” said Captain Short, cutting through the final section. The metal square twisted on a final strand of steel.

  “Won’t that make a lot of noise?” asked Foaly.

  Holly watched the section fall.

  “I doubt it,” she said.

-The Eternity Code, Chapter 10