Hadama was more reserved in his celebration, but emerald eyes were bright and he held his head high as Hotaru's attack failed and her knees buckled beneath Evie's disruptive assault. Of course, she was the headmistress for a reason and where one method had been overcome another soon arose to take its place.
Lightning was rarely a problem for the Mer, who simply stayed beneath the surface of the sea during storms, letting the fierce sky fire dance harmlessly across the waves. Now, however, he was in dangerously shallow waters and his human friend had no such protection, requiring a different approach.
There was no time to think as the electric discharge cracked towards them. He reacted to Evie's instruction with the trust born from long friendship, instinctively expanding his water vortex out and away from them - and taking the surrounding seawater within his sphere of power with it. He thrashed his tail, propelling himself onto the dock grimly even as the water swept away and left the seafloor around them bare and well within Evie's reach as she erected a shield of her own.
And of course, if they were in range of Hotaru's lightning then she was in range of them. The miniature tidal wave swept onto shore with every intention to crash down over the headmistress and dissuade her from further sparks.
Lightning was rarely a problem for the Mer, who simply stayed beneath the surface of the sea during storms, letting the fierce sky fire dance harmlessly across the waves. Now, however, he was in dangerously shallow waters and his human friend had no such protection, requiring a different approach.
There was no time to think as the electric discharge cracked towards them. He reacted to Evie's instruction with the trust born from long friendship, instinctively expanding his water vortex out and away from them - and taking the surrounding seawater within his sphere of power with it. He thrashed his tail, propelling himself onto the dock grimly even as the water swept away and left the seafloor around them bare and well within Evie's reach as she erected a shield of her own.
And of course, if they were in range of Hotaru's lightning then she was in range of them. The miniature tidal wave swept onto shore with every intention to crash down over the headmistress and dissuade her from further sparks.
