Originally Posted by
Drascin
See, here's the thing.
If bamboo lasts enough after being killed by the field to knock the sword off the pedestal, and there is nothing actually holding the sword in... what is stopping any magical person that actually manages to get here from just casting Summon Monster 1 and manually throwing a badger at it, or just bringing any shrunk animal in a pocket? Like, seeing how it seems to start from the outside in, a badger would seem likely to in fact last more than a thin stick of bamboo.