Signum boggles still further at that. "Are you crazy, boy? If I was actually trying to kill you, you just left yourself helpless."

She shakes her head. "I suppose I can give you credit for reading the situation correctly, as well as seriously inconveniencing me. If that battle was any indication, I could have gotten so much more from you..."

Sighing, she tries the sealing procedure twice more, getting no response, before closing the Book of Darkness and flying off, Barrier dissipating to leave Negi lying next to a presumably very surprised platypus.