User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 489: Universe One, Review./@comment-112.211.99.255-20160617082626/@comment-7418318-20160617094133

If they could modify anima to suck the magic out of a person, instead of sucking up the person itself, that could actually become the Deus Ex Machina to rid Zeref and Mavis of their curse.