[SE] killing me slow

All this time I didn't know
You were breakin' down

Sohalia, as we all know, was not a fighter. Still, if it was a choice between fighting for her and Flora's lives and giving up, she knew which one she'd choose - at least until they were out of range of the water and, therefore, the enshadowed delphinids.

There were too many in the water, and Soh wasn't going to risk going in with them, so her swordfish shift was out. Her owl shift wasn't big enough to take on a dolphin. That left her tide jaguar shift, and within moments, she had shifted, her multicolored pelt aglow at Flora's side.

A delphinid lunged up onto the bridge, snapping for Flora's heels; Soh lashed out with a snarl, her claws digging deep into the creature's snout. With an angry warble, it slid back into the waves, glaring daggers at the Luminary as it went. Soh took a few steps down the bridge, her ears flicking this way and that, attempting to pinpoint any attacks before they came - and making sure that Flora was following. It wouldn't do for them to get separated, not when there were this many enemies.

I'd fall to pieces on the floor
If you weren't around

Sohalia