"Have you forgotten the saying, 'A watched pot never boils'?" Dean Bruce tapped Hannah Fields lightly on the head, chuckling as he added, "First, try mastering your magic. Focus on leveling up your skills before you worry about anything else."
"Biting off more than you can chew will only slow you down," he advised. "Learning too much at once is more of a burden than a benefit."
Dean Bruce glanced over at the stone lion, still in a fierce struggle with the group, and asked softly, "What do you think? How would you go about dealing with that stone lion?"
Hannah Fields tilted her head, studying the creature carefully for a moment before answering, "It's hard to say. It's not alive—it's all stone, can't feel pain, and seems almost impossible to restrain. Destroying it might be our best shot."
After a brief pause, she added thoughtfully, "I can sense that while it doesn't seem damaged from the outside, it's almost on the verge of breaking apart inside."
