Sophia immediately dropped her backpack along with her bag and draws her katana. She had taken a good look at the damage done by her previous attack and was now readying herself to be more mobile. The man at first glance appeared to be able to absorb energy. A curious combination as she too absorbed energy into a malleable substance. It looked like the only difference was that her substance was invisible. His was metal. She backed away from him, lifting her backpack and bag with her wave so that they hovered in the air within arm’s reach. 

Her foot slammed against the floor of the cogwheel as the man launched needles towards her. She magnified the force of her kick, launching herself backwards. She does this repeatedly as she backpedals, controlling the force so that she is only a few inches off the ground. She is not traveling faster than the needles thrown towards her, but she does not have to as she quickly flings herself down the gaping gash she had made into the middle of the cogwheel earlier with her light beam after only four steps, avoiding the needles entirely as they whizzed over her head.

As she disappears into the darkness beneath the huge cogwheel, she took with her wave the liquid metal the man first used to attack her. She begins molding the liquid into a sphere. A previous experience with curses keeps her from touching the metal directly. Instead, she uses her wave like a pair of gloves, handling and shaping it into the form she desires. She then snaps her fingers as she continues to shape the metal, bending the light around her so that all that can be seen from afar is a faint shimmer in the background.