"Well, if she happens to be literally made of sand, it really would have helped if we had someone here with water powers who could conjure up a literal water cannon."

It's mostly meant in a serious way, but with Ange's dry tone it almost sounds like it could have been a deadpan joke too..

"But since it's just the two of us, we'll have to make do. Let's get past these things and see what the situation back there is first."