... am I the only one that thinks that the arm that grabbed Veda looks a lot like the Paladin's (the one hanging out with Tobi) flesh-construct thingies?

Honestly, this world sounds more than a little precarious; it feels like it's the drop of a hat away from imploding when uber-powerful magic whatevers decide they've had enough of people doing weird crap to try and keep up with them and all the superweapons being fired at each other.