When her lance struck flesh this time, Alala had been into the well-practiced routine: Drop the lance (it's faster than pulling it back out of someone's chest), spring a pace back, ready the chain and prepare to smash her skull if the lance strike hadn't been enough to take the fight out of her.

By the time she'd gotten her hands on her chain, it was abundantly clear that the lance blow was enough, what with Niellere disintegrating and everything. Alala took a moment to glance around - none of the party seemed to still be fighting. So she started by waving at Xylona, and then pointing to her throat, hoping the druid would be able to work out she wanted to be able to speak again. While she waits, she recovers the lance she'd been using. While she gives the sword an odd look, she doesn't attempt to retrieve it as well. Probably a little worried that it might try attacking her as well. Instead she busies herself checking the lance is still intact - one of the reasons she didn't have masterwork or enchanted lances is they just broke too often to be worth using expensive ones...