Oooh...! [ That gets a polite and encouraging round of applause, because of course it does – years of training young kids and being an Actual Mom has given her a lot of good healthy senpai energy to channel into interactions like this. ] Now that looks like a good sturdy shield. That must be reinforcement... [ She pauses and narrows her eyes to get a better look. ] Reinforcement or repulsion magic, right?

[ She's seen her fare share of Sentries over the years – enough to get a good grasp on what their magic tends to do. Zeal might not be a Sentry yet, but Ai-Doll would eat her hat if that's not what she ended up doing.

Her encouraging smile takes a turn for wry, though. ]

Sorry to disappoint, though. But my magic doesn't really work like that. I can fight Torments just fine but I shine my best when I'm supporting everyone else.

[ Not... untrue but also, of course she's not gonna blast this kid with her signature attack...... ]