Hadama felt the change in the water pressure at his back as Kaiden shifted, and then there was blood in the water in earnest. It was no great leap to guess what had happened behind him, and since he felt no pain through the Attuned bond he was confident that his young friend had put a quick end to the attacker even before the silent notes of satisfaction rang through it. Knowing that his own back was secure, the demigod turned his full attention on the shark that remained.
If the water had remained mostly clear it might have retained enough sense to flee the Merfolk, but the blood from its companions excited it to the point of madness. It lunged towards Hadama even as the King drew upon his connection to the moon a second time. The water warped and compacted in front of and a little ways above the shark's path, and as it swam beneath it the lance of gravity fell on the luckless echo shark. Struck between the eyes much like its predecessor, it was dead before it knew it. Hadama swept his trident through the water to deflect the body that continued forward on inertia - and ensuring that it was truly finished.
It is time to go, he decided firmly. He made sure that the jar of sand was safe at his side and then gestured for Kaiden to swim with him. The blood will call more predators soon. Some were already approaching, twisting through the water at the edge of Hadama's starlight. Wasting no further time, the Tidebreaker led them up out of the Basin and back to the starlight skies above.
~Fin
If the water had remained mostly clear it might have retained enough sense to flee the Merfolk, but the blood from its companions excited it to the point of madness. It lunged towards Hadama even as the King drew upon his connection to the moon a second time. The water warped and compacted in front of and a little ways above the shark's path, and as it swam beneath it the lance of gravity fell on the luckless echo shark. Struck between the eyes much like its predecessor, it was dead before it knew it. Hadama swept his trident through the water to deflect the body that continued forward on inertia - and ensuring that it was truly finished.
It is time to go, he decided firmly. He made sure that the jar of sand was safe at his side and then gestured for Kaiden to swim with him. The blood will call more predators soon. Some were already approaching, twisting through the water at the edge of Hadama's starlight. Wasting no further time, the Tidebreaker led them up out of the Basin and back to the starlight skies above.
~Fin
