The other world has a wall of screaming darkness!

It also has a bed, which mals can hide under, desk drawers, which mals can hide inside, and a lamp, which might be a mal, all of which would be much easier to handle if she had anything to stab them with. Nara's sick to her stomach, but she doesn't vomit easily, and the bag's on the floor and she's fixing Pāṟaittaṇṭu (with two bed legs and a murmured spell) before she starts paying attention to anything else.