User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail Chapter 374: Revolution, Review/@comment-24551285-20140307124205/@comment-7418318-20140307165931

Yes I do.

It might cause hesitation due to surprise in the first moment, but that's it.

Lucy is rational enough to realize that hurting the absorbed spirit is preferable to having them enslaved by Franmalth for eternity and so do her spirits I'm sure.

And the comment about Natsu being cruel might have just as well been refering to what Natsu said, rather than the punch itself.