Anyone who hasn't seen Aria fight recently might be surprised. Her strength had improved seemingly inexplicably. But she'd mentioned before that Seph was a teacher from hell... She'd resisted some urges to whine about that because well, it kinda made it sound like abuse. She really didn't need people trying to convince her that their relationship might be unhealthy on top of other issues.

That and she'd gotten into a habit of not showing more strength than was necessary for any given situation.

She was currently cornered in an alley by Heartless. There were bubbles everywhere. Some clinging to Heartless slowing them down, some exploding with lightning. The ones nearest her were Stopped. Her staff blazed with fire as she swung it at anything that moved.