Hah! She can already picture Shinji saying that in the more crude terms - and he wasn't wrong. The pulling off of the mask - that's much more elegant, that fits in the theme of what a Persona is so well - so it just has Hamuko laughing.

Even if the Light spell... does damage, rather than attempts an instakill.

"You keep surprising me, Vi!" Hamuko cheered, her Persona blocking a Giant's attempt to swing its blade down on her - the other was too stunned to move. Even if the stone creature resisted physical attacks, she honed in on the stunned one, delivering a critical with a few wide, long and devastating swings of her blade, bowling over the creature with the move and giving it a few extra stabs and slashes once it was down. "Cute persona!!"