User blog comment:TheCarrotSaysYumYum/FT0 8 - Magnolia is on Fire?/Blue Cat Happy, Review./@comment-25111584-20150220171721/@comment-25111584-20150223091119

Ummm, the fact that he knows that his opponents can use illusions should contribute to him not panicking.

The basic fact that he kept his calm long enough in the face of an army to realize that they were an illusion should be enough to show that he is quite capable in that department.

Precht and his group are not small fries if the army had been real. Only somebody who was cool enough to actually pay enough attention to the army and see through the illusion would realize that they are weak. Before the illusion is caught, they would be considered extremely intimidating, might even cause a rout just by their presence, from what Mavis was hoping for.