"Yeah, I've been trying to use it more effectively lately." Taiyang hadn't minced his words when he laid out how much of a crutch it had become for her, but it had been what she needed to hear. Won't make that mistake again.

"Manifestation of his soul"...? Also, despite everything, Yang can't help but side-eye that use of the term "almighty" for his attacks, non-elemental though they may be. "Then it sounds like you'll be all right when things go south." She won't entertain the idea that things won't go south, because that would just be stupid. "Just keep an eye on who you zap with your almighty darkness bolts."

But no sooner has she said that, then another idea occurs to Yang. "Hey, I got an idea. Come with me, we're gonna go poke around the garage." Gotta be a length of pipe or a wrench or something lying around he can use to bonk something on the head with, if push comes to shove.

Nothing they can do right now about the Ominous Husk Tree, so they might as well get this problem taken care of instead.