"Cover and concealment are important legs of ranged combat tactics." And it helped her conceal her own abilities until such time as Mai flushed her out of cover.

Ideally she'd have a squad backing her up while she laid this sort of suppressing fire, but then, Mai didn't have one either.

And anyway, while Natalia would never call anything fun, the last time she went up against anything like an equal was years ago. There was a certain satisfaction in getting even this far. She juggled two balls in the air, idly, while she considered and listened.

That trick won't work twice. Next... That scoop had to go. But how?