[So the fake doesn't hurt him physically, but is it worth taking it out then? But the mental shock of its attacks would be enough to--
Wait. If it's not real, then there's no problem using Pod 153 on it, right?]
Pod!
[Obligingly, the box bot's 'head' splits open, firing a laser at the phantasm, but directing it away from Syrlya. Meanwhile... 9S doesn't know what that glow around Syrlya does, but he won't know unless he does something! So 9S throws his sword at Syrlya again, the weapon slicing vertically through the air, but he's ready to evade at a moment's notice.]
i'm so used to the box bot being there that i forgot to mention it was there all this time...
Wait. If it's not real, then there's no problem using Pod 153 on it, right?]
Pod!
[Obligingly, the box bot's 'head' splits open, firing a laser at the phantasm, but directing it away from Syrlya. Meanwhile... 9S doesn't know what that glow around Syrlya does, but he won't know unless he does something! So 9S throws his sword at Syrlya again, the weapon slicing vertically through the air, but he's ready to evade at a moment's notice.]