[Of course she's not the only one - plenty of squids take to the color, after all. Plenty of squid girls look just like she does, especially from afar - it's only closer would someone recognize the few inches of height that she just doesn't have when compared to her peers, or the quiet, unreadable stare that she fixes everything with. It's that stare that's made her emerge as she tries to pinpoint where the next launch point might send her. The zapfish still isn't in sight; it's either higher up or she's about to make a turn that she can't quite figure out from here -
She doesn't see the scope light until she hears the shot, and by then it's too late. The ink hits, cracking off the Armor Helmet she'd been lucky enough to find, and she cries out as the shot makes her stumble back, heart pounding in her chest. There's - a sniper, where - she'd cleared this platform, who's shooting at her? She needs cover, where is cover? Hero Shot gripped tightly in her hands, Thida looks around, first scanning things at eye level, then looking up...
...There - a platform! Is there something up there? How far could it reach, would she have to take it out? She stares up at it hard, waiting for another shot.
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She doesn't see the scope light until she hears the shot, and by then it's too late. The ink hits, cracking off the Armor Helmet she'd been lucky enough to find, and she cries out as the shot makes her stumble back, heart pounding in her chest. There's - a sniper, where - she'd cleared this platform, who's shooting at her? She needs cover, where is cover? Hero Shot gripped tightly in her hands, Thida looks around, first scanning things at eye level, then looking up...
...There - a platform! Is there something up there? How far could it reach, would she have to take it out? She stares up at it hard, waiting for another shot.
Whoever's up there won't be so lucky twice.]