[Blow it up!] I ordered DD, listening to her say that she and the Curseling were at a standstill.
The town was already in total chaos, an explosion right now would add to the panic, but if it managed to finish the Curseling, the chaos could begin to fizzle out.
[Roger that,] DD agreed without a second thought.
However, DD didn't just blow up the roots, tangling and holding the Curseling at bay, without a thought. She was very strategic about it. She gathered as many roots she could below the Curseling, under its underbelly. This way even if the explosion failed to kill the Curseling it would be able to throw it out of the ground. Next, following her master's orders she detonated the engineered roots with a mere thought.
*Boom!*
