[h2]Miina Malina[/h2]

On the one hand, this was [i]excellent[/i] first-hand experience of… hmm, could she even classify this? It was outright deadly to be [i]around[/i], but she wasn't sure that really counted for being black magic. It was deadly to not have any air to breathe or water to drink, but the [i]absence[/i] of those wasn't itself a hazard. This was just overwhelming with raw power, whatever it was. 

On the other… as useful as they were, materia were lazy [i]enough.[/i] It still took skill and practice to use and control anything that replicated a more general control of aether, and highly specific effects? Well, it was what it was. But here Valheim had created a [i]machine[/i] to do the casting for them. No knowledge. No finesse. Just another one of their stupid constructions doing things they had no business or talent messing with at all. She hated it.

Working out how to make sure Valheim lost this knowledge later would have to late. Skael had better not copy it, one country that had to be destroyed was enough.

… it wasn't as if she had many options. This was all brute force. Couldn't dodge it (well, if she could just teleport [i]off the ship[/i] then it would be fine, but that would mean being in mid-air and Miina wasn't a bird), couldn't have a targeted defence… fine, fine, [i]fine.[/i] Layer up the best she could on everyone stuck here, hope that it could ablate [i]enough[/i] they didn't go splat:

"[i]Shell[/i]!"