Reflexive to the abrupt anger of the wronged man, Tia moved backwards from him in the water, something like alarm reflecting at him from her eyes as she kept her distance. She was not afraid of personal harm, not so long as she kept out of reach in the deeper water, and so she lingered beyond his grasp with the facets of curiousity and laughter still expressed in the youthful face she presented.
He railed at her in Common, addressed his friends in Common, and the speed and tone made it impossible for her to grasp what he was trying to say, although she could see in the way he gestured that he was angry at her for seeing him failing.
She frowned, her expression suddenly serious, and the lifted her hand out of the water only to bring it back down with all the force she could put behind it, creating a large enough explosion of water to at least douse the man that was angry at her. And then, once she had finished, she laughed at her joke and kicked into deeper water as though to challenge him to come and get her.
He railed at her in Common, addressed his friends in Common, and the speed and tone made it impossible for her to grasp what he was trying to say, although she could see in the way he gestured that he was angry at her for seeing him failing.
She frowned, her expression suddenly serious, and the lifted her hand out of the water only to bring it back down with all the force she could put behind it, creating a large enough explosion of water to at least douse the man that was angry at her. And then, once she had finished, she laughed at her joke and kicked into deeper water as though to challenge him to come and get her.
