That's a big fish. She's strong. Gyre pauses in his advance for just a beat, watching the ??fish?? as it's launched into the air. He had no idea a persons shaped thing could throat something that big, and his stomach leaps up into his throat in panic.

It's a panic that passes almost immediately as he remembers where he is. What's going on. He starts towards her again with the same determination, and when the fish gets to him, it will bounce hard off a shield he's thrown up around his body. He can protect himself just fine, and he's going to do just that.

"We don't!" he barks back, "We don't have to fight." And he goes into a flat sprint towards her, reaching out to grab her wrist and hold her still once he's close enough.