But the warmth instantly evaporated, replaced by cold, hard tactical realism.
"While your theoretical array is fascinating, I genuinely believe it will ultimately prove insufficient and break... If you successfully broadcast the canceling resonance and deactivate her stolen cores, the Hydra instantly loses its access to the infinite primordial power of the dragons… Yes, that is a massive victory. But the actual mutant vessels composing that monstrosity are still hyper-scaled, upper-tier Platinum mutants, artificially pushed to the Diamond threshold. They retain their massive mana density and huge bodies. They could simply rely on brute, kinetic force to shatter any enhanced stone or wood cage you attempt to trap them in too fast. Attacking them then and there is also a no go, since that would break the array like we did the floor earlier, and we don't have a full Liora to feed another spiritual divine fire…"
