So annoying... Brusquely, Cress replies, "Be patient, please."

He shoots a portal at the spot where the laser streaks uselessly against, only to find that nothing visibly has changed. Pursing his lips, he shifts his sights on the panel that is raised and shoots that with the second portal. All it does is make the laser beam redirect toward the ceiling, which is even more useless.

Well, maybe he needs that cube again after all. He plucks it from the button, thinking that maybe he should use his own body to hold down the button later as a last resort if he couldn't use the cube. Since it's reflective... Ah-ha! He could perhaps direct the laser with the cube, somehow...

Time to test it out, at least. He approaches it and holds the cube between it, watching to his great surprise as the laser transmits from his cube all the way to the other side of the sheer partition. Since he was still getting the hang of what he was doing he didn't dictate much control over it yet, and the beam rapidly closes in on Chili.

A blip of horror surges through Cress as the next events unfold before him.