[Training] we had a marvelous time

and look for the stars as the sun goes down
each breath that you take has a thunderous sound

She has a shift for this.

Two, in fact.

But does she use them? Of course not.

Panic rushes through Amalia as she finds herself below the water in a way she's never been. The force of the wave knocks the air from her lungs; in panicked instinct she inhales sharply and fills her body with brine. Tumbled like a sock in a dryer, her body contorts in rather alarming ways, rapidly shifting into leopard characteristics in an attempt to regain control, her first shift always her go-to in times of highest stress.

The water recedes as quick as it appeared... only, not quite close enough. Scrambling on the shallow sand she manages to push her head above the waves that Remi's magic calmed, fighting weakly against a current intent on pulling her out to sea. "Remi!" Amalia coughs panic, dark eyes wide in a half-leopard face, hands already formed into paws. She's barely twenty feet from him, and yet it feels so far. "I-"

And then there is another wave, and Amalia disappears again, the saturated leopard fur dragging her back down.

Amalia