Part of this problem is that you don't really find out what Nanoha really did until episode 9, and they deliberately concealed it from the viewer...
Spoilers In White: While the attack looked spectacularly flashy and painful, the attack did only stun damage to human targets. If you look close, you'll notice that Tea's Barrier Jacket didn't have a mark on it, and as she fell Nanoha's own magic arrested and controlled her fall. It only LOOKED painful.
Nanoha doesn't do words very well, she's a doer, not a talker. The only way she had to REALLY drive home what was going wrong was to SHOW Tea what would happen.
Tea, honestly, had no idea what she was doing would get her killed. She had reached a point where her logical disconnect with reality had convinced her that the Crossfire, and other spells her brother taught her, were perfect.- Grumpy Uncle Gearhead
- Grumpy Uncle Gearhead
Spoilers In White: While the attack looked spectacularly flashy and painful, the attack did only stun damage to human targets. If you look close, you'll notice that Tea's Barrier Jacket didn't have a mark on it, and as she fell Nanoha's own magic arrested and controlled her fall. It only LOOKED painful.
Nanoha doesn't do words very well, she's a doer, not a talker. The only way she had to REALLY drive home what was going wrong was to SHOW Tea what would happen.
Tea, honestly, had no idea what she was doing would get her killed. She had reached a point where her logical disconnect with reality had convinced her that the Crossfire, and other spells her brother taught her, were perfect.- Grumpy Uncle Gearhead
- Grumpy Uncle Gearhead