Oh, that. I heard about that. Did you at least win?

[He inspects the circle. It's not exactly his area, but since this is Marisa, be brought along some books on offensive spells with him. He takes them out of the bag, and tosses her one of them.]

There might be something in one of these. Just be careful with it, alright? I don't know if it'll work on a spell where you're from, but if it were me... I'd rewrite the energy transfer. Pull it in short bursts instead of all into one. That way you might be able to control each offshoot too.

[He finds the nearest bench, sits down and begins to flip through another book.]