Daisy went home midway through, gave Second Ya a bath, and washed the little cutie clean after her rare fight. The girl had gotten herself as filthy as a mud monkey, and Tangbao had ended up just as dirty.
Jean's mom was still clearing out Subterraneans elsewhere, so the bathing duty ultimately fell to Daisy's dad.
Tangbao's head and face were covered in soap bubbles, her big eyes brimming with resentment. Her meaning was probably: I'm so pitiful! I suffered so much for your precious girl! Shouldn't you at least show some appreciation?
Daisy rubbed the cute pet's head and scratched her belly, a habit she had formed over the years.
After playing with her for a while, Daisy temporarily soothed Tangbao. As she bathed Second Ya, she taught her how to tell enemies from good people, slipping in some combat experience along the way.
"Psychic Storm didn't work? That shouldn't be... Come on, raise your arm. Look at all this dirt!"
To give the two children some means of defending themselves, Daisy's dad had joined Jean's mom and Wanda's mom in coming up with several simple, practical combat techniques.
Most relied on overwhelming opponents through sheer attributes, and Psychic Storm was one of the major moves. Now that she had heard it had barely done anything to Mole Man, with Tangbao dealing all the important damage, Daisy found it hard to believe.
Psychic Storm was an extremely powerful technique. Among humans, only Professor Charles and Queen White could currently use it. Even Psylocke, whose psychic attainments were no less profound, could not.
If this were in a game, it would at least be a double-S skill, the kind locked behind a level requirement and only learnable after level fifty with a hero template.
A character like Mole Man could