...As the Brave appears

[Oh shit, the maestro wasn't the only one holding back this whole time,] Hurricroak observed. [Color me impress, I honestly thought she was just a Aether Master that could punch above her weight class. Like our maestro.]

[You do remember that we can't use the ringmaster as a gauge for such things, right?,] Spring Brawler pointed out. [By the definitions of Valresta, he is technically a cheat-like existence, for Chaos's sake, we are his cheat.]

[That is a fair point, but-wait...those assholes are trying to pre-emptively attack while he and the princess are in the middle of transforming. How rude. We should probably interfere with them before they manage to hurt the maestro.]

'Actually, I think I can handle this myself. Just stick to the plan and-'

[Wait,] Razorstella suddenly interjected. [I think I just came up with an idea to not demoralize these guys but also have them disregard us as obvious threats.]

'That's...unexpected. What's the plan?'