Homura followed the charged attack with a rain of weaker arrows, fifty notched and loosed at once, but Delaney's bubbles had sufficient power to block most of them. Behind them lumbered the hulking mermaid with Blueberry perched on a shoulder, directing it with her blades. But by the time she got close enough to do anything, Homura had taken off again, sailing toward a new skyscraper and delving closer to the heart of the city and the faux Burj Khalifa. As before, without hesitation, Erika kept close on her heels.

(Chapter 41)