[h2]Miina Malina[/h2] 

See! This was why you just struck first, [i]before[/i] the other person had more time to prepare and get everything in place – like, for instance, deleting your backup straight away so that it was just your tired group. Yes, they had been winded, and she hadn't been in any position to [i]run[/i], but that wasn't the point. Being on the receiving end tended to disrupt your plans and buy that time [i]anyway.[/i]

And now they had [i]all[/i] been layered up with magical boosts and protections. That was just… unfair? Well, no, her weakness in comparison wasn't [i]unfair,[/i] that was Miina's own flaw. Plus, there was still an age gap to consider, she just wasn't measuring up to even the youngest Grovemaster in any regard, magically. Eugh, and there was no way she could just copy the dispelling, that was too much but…

Hm. Yeah, her ribs were healed enough, she could stop that for now, if they survived it could be [i]tomorrow's[/i] problem. Esben and Rudolf were still trying to talk over a solution, Robin was too optimistic and idealistic… the Mystral couldn't say she had a [i]great[/i] read on how Arton and Ciradyl were taking this, and Ciradyl wasn't useful anyway. Eliane, too, was ranged. But Galahad and Izayoi…

Right, Galahad first, [i]quietly[/i] so it wouldn't carry all the way. Assuming none of those spells secretly gave amazing hearing… it was probably a safe assumption that hadn't been improved before arrival, they'd been [i]very[/i] loud. "If w-we can get in close, I c-can maybe remove [i]her[/i] protections."

Right, Izayoi next. If she had time. And they didn't shoot her for moving around behind all the buff warrior types. Just a little cat in a fancy outfit, don't mind her while she looks like she's checking on everyone's health, right?