Seems that way, but squirming out of a death grip isn't totally impossible. Granted, the information we've been given leaves a lot to be desired.

[ even still their keepers are just as cagey in private and it makes her insides squirm unhappily. there's a dark, inky spatter that creeps along her ]

I'll take the breather where I can get it that's for sure. But... well. How're you holding up? Funny business aside.