ospalh commented on Magica Riot by Kara Buchanan (Maidensong Magica, #1)
Content warning Minor plot points
Ok, two things. They don’t seem to do proper debriefings after the encounters. There Claire could have mentioned the ceiling she hit, what is later called the wall (the Wall?).
Also, Nova has now thrown her cymbals twice. I don’t think she mentioned the second time to the armorer. This sounds like a dramatic complication in the next fight, were they probably will shatter.
But that is what the armorer is for. Long-term durability isn’t really a thing with modern weaponry. If you can win a fight in a way that weakens your weapon you do it. But then you mention it in the debriefing, so that something can be done about it.
(I just recently heard about US Navy pilots more or less deliberately ruining the engines on their planes: by saving fuel they put a lot of wear on the engines. But the choice was saving the pilot and the airframe, or losing it – together with the pilot and a pristine engine.)