That could certainly work.  Though, I also came up with an alternative while at work today; namely, that Ace could handle it offscreen while I play as Silvia for the remainder of the action scene with the rest of the group.<br/><br/>Of course, there's nothing stopping me from playing as Ace fighting the Large-Scale Threat in the side thread<em>and</em>Silvia joining up with the main group in the main thread both at once, now that I think about it...