
- "...it gives me some self defense options." (Tedd meeting Rhoda)
Tedd chose the shrinking spell for the reasons implied here: It halves the scale of a threat without doing anything else. As far as transformation goes, it's minimalistic and relatively ethical as a defensive option.
Also, it's fun that it winds up being a pun.
Tedd chose this option well before the events of yesterday, however, and it was not intended as a counter to Po or Mist. As Tedd says, they'd basically just shrug it off while gaining a new ability.
Speaking of names...
Just in case anyone was scratching their heads at them knowing Po's name. It did get a brief mention.
Grace heard Mist's name more recently (and there's implied additional "talking" to Tedd off-panel), but I figured I'd include that, too.
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