The barriers up there were pretty decimated by the fight, and the damages were spread between the two weapons, so it feels pretty intentional for something that has a lot of reach. And Alph had barely stepped on it when the thing went under from his weight.

[ and alphinaud is small! so! ]

Shorter weapon would make sense, though. Enough reach to bang up the surroundings, but not enough to be totally restricted... [ the question, tho ] We need to look at our other locations to see if there's something else. There's never been just one location in any of these.