I found the power-up to be rather redundant in this scene. Sure, she was a villain, but until then the only EQG villain who didn’t appear in super form. Just a physically defenseless young girl.
Reasoning from a safe distance would have been a better solution.
There is no safe distance from that stone. She gathered everyone’s good memories of Sunset from all across the city and sucked them into the forest.
Reasoning from a safe distance would have been a better solution.