Hamel had been right - it hadn't taken long for the spasms to pass, though Flonne was still on the floor whimpering for a solid minute after they'd subsided. She was still hurting, after all.

And then she snapped. She'd been made to hurt Laharl and there were people after Laharl already and a gigantic monster running around the city and she was in pain and she'd had enough. Slowly and shakily she rose to her feet, summoning her staff. This Hamel guy needed to leave Laharl alone, and she was going to make sure he knew it.

Normally she'd say something to help her gather her magic - words of faith or love, a request for strength, something - but today her casting was silent. Its result, however, was anything but. It didn't take long for a Giga Fire spell - a gigantic homing fireball - to appear and begin its incredibly rapid descent towards Hamel. This guy was toast.