This new unhinged quality to Catra boded well for Shadow Weaver's plans to take down the Rebellion and seize the power of at the Heart of Etheria for herself, something she knew couldn't be accomplished while the war still raged on. The Horde had no magic on their side, had no need for it. Bringing her plans to use the Heart to Catra would accomplish nothing; Catra would never want to use magic. She likely associated magic with Adora, and she would never want to use it with that in mind. But with Catra this desperate, it would be easy to prompt her to kill Adora, now that the princess had outlived her usefulness. As soon as Adora was out of the way, she'd be that much closer to seizing all the power Etheria hid in its core.

"Of course you will," Shadow Weaver replied, pleased. "Adora has underestimated you, and so has Hordak. They will both come to regret it. With them out of the picture, the end of the war will be eminent. As long as the two of them are around, we can't win. But you know that, don't you?" Shadow Weaver cupped Catra's cheek briefly. "Perhaps I have underestimated you as well. Adora was... a mistake. A miscalculation on my part, I'm afraid. She was never strong enough to do what needs to be done. But you? You will be more powerful than anyone ever imagined."