Is Mave Trying to Use Her Powers on Dalos's Bad Guy Tech?

Mave is trying to use her powers on dalos's bad guy tech, except for this potgass. They want her to struggle, because each time she does, they learn more about how she works. If the evil black goo is tech driven, maybe nanotechnology, it seems clear that we a they have not quite found a way to manage it with any elegance right now. It feels very much like a crude tool, is it? Pos mave may be the key to communicating with the scoop, the charles, the sorry, chivalrous and william camp master or possibly caleb.