While Marina's magic senses weren't the most attuned - something she'd only sporadically worked on, hampered by the fact that gods weren't always all that good at teaching mortals things that came naturally - said god warned her, the rumbling voice in her head, when he felt that magic.

They weren't going to go full giant robot here, not unless it was the only way, but it left Marina dodging and ducking and diving much more often, firing off spells without hesitation, now, to keep the monsters at bay.

These were definitely monsters, now, rather than simple animals, and the ankylosaurus that seemed to be intent on turning her into a bloody smear on the pavement really highlighted that.