She didn't realize what they had done to Magnus until it was too late - but Taako got it. And he responded before Lup had time to curse. She could only wait, holding her metaphorical breath. And she didn't know quite what was going on, when Taako and Merle went still and all the liches in the room, visible and otherwise, waited in confusion to see what would happen next.
And then Taako and Merle came back. And Magnus… well, sort of. And they fought on. Lup was frantic, and could do nothing. She was completely useless! Trapped within her own creation. She stopped paying attention to what was going on outside the staff. It was too much. She would gather her power, and wait, and hope—
Just like that, a present fell into her lap. Almost literally. For the first time in a decade, Lup wasn't alone.
"Are you the one who's been hurting my brother out there?"
He stammered and tried to clamber up but Lup was having none of it.
Through gritted teeth she swore, "I'm gonna fucking kill you now."
She probably blasted him harder than she needed to. Well, no. She definitely blasted him much, much harder than she needed to. She definitely savored the moment. She definitely relished her power because it felt SO DAMN GOOD to hurt back, to actually help her brother, to be useful again.
And then she shot his damn body back out of the staff and slumped to the ground. Alone. In all, it had taken just a few seconds. A few seconds with the first being she'd seen in forever, while she slaughtered him in her rage.
She was exhausted, but she was glowing. It felt GOOD.