[ She grinned again, a little wild. This is something she used to be in denial about, ashamed of. But now it's a matter of pride. When she speaks, she's not bitter -- more like a teenager teasingly trying to scare a younger kid with a ghost story. ]

A violent, anti-social monster who rejects the Light of Mana, kept alive only to pilot Paramail and kill even bigger monsters.

[ She drops the ghost story tone, becoming blunt matter of fact. ]

In other words, we can't use magic.

[ It has no actual impact here. Mana resistance was only keyed to Mana, and Mana was technically super science rather than magic anyway. Norma-ness isn't a general anti-magic and has no effect on Ange's shard in this world.... But her experiences had a psychological impact. She thinks of herself as someone who can and should get by mostly with physical skills and technology rather than magic (the Endless Song being a prime exception),such that she hasn't looked into upping her shard stats or anything.