Swamped

And that would be? you ask, since he seems reluctant to say more.

Sorry. Nual's getting testy because I'm hesitating. I had to calm him down. He's given orders to send the ship directly at the kraken. I don't think it'll stay intact after that. Really hoping you can either think of something else or at least a way for us to survive the charge.

You don't feel confident enough in your understanding of the kraken to come up with any plans. Certainly not so confident as to argue with a god about the best course of action. Even if you could think of a way to destroy the physical kraken, would the stagnancy go away? You're fairly sure that's what Nual actually wants to be rid of.

But protecting the ship is also quite difficult. It's a large ship, after all, and already not in the best of shape after what it's been through today. It would be too hard to cast a protection spell that could cover the whole thing.

What can you even do?