Well the big powerful attack didn't destroy the pod, so labeling it a self-destruct is just wrong. Anyway, after all that massive damage, the Assault Battleflower's MP went down. I think that it was obviously an attack from it, and it required a turn of forewarning to activate, and could be stopped with a context action, hence Kanz introducing context actions to us right there.
Other than that, I think we just need to keep healthy, which we can do with your focus plan, and whittle down. Though I have no problems waiting until we have all three ready to try weird combos. I just think it is likely that MC and Nina have something just between the two of them, might as well find it when we have the chance.
I'm okay with dowolf's actions.
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